Living Through the Forgotten War: Portrait of Korea February 29, 2004

Featuring 38 photographs from the U.S. National Archives and Record Administration and five photographs by AP photographer Max Desfor.

The Korea Society presents the exhibition, Living Through the Forgotten War: Portraits of Korea, featuring 38 photographs from the U.S. National Archives and Record Administration and five photographs by AP photographer Max Desfor including his 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner. The exhibition poses the question, ?What is it like to live through a war?? and seeks to find the answer in the faces and scenes captured on black and white photographs. The images present an indelible witness to the storm which caught all those on the peninsula ?Korean, GI, POW?in an irresistible tide of change in the early fifties. Depictions of the dislocation, isolation, loss, and enduring hope amongst Koreans and the international military forces, these photographs invite a deeper understanding of Koreašs complex history. Originally taken for propaganda and military intelligence, these photographs of people in a war lay mostly unused for a half century, witnesses to a reality too few wanted to remember.

February 3?March 12, 2004
Gallery Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Tuesday through Friday

For additional exhibition information, please contact Jinyoung Kim at The Korea Society, tel. 212-759-7525 ext. 316, or email [email protected].