Art & Music Reception: Conflict Photographer Ben Lowy

Art & Music Reception
Our November art exhibit is the photography of Maplewoodian Ben Lowy, an award-winning photographer who covers major stories worldwide. His images of Iraq are some of the most iconic of the 21st Century. His image from Hurricane Sandy was the first iPhone photo to grace the cover of Time magazine.

Life During Wartime: iPhone Images from Afghanistan
After more than 30 years of war in Afghanistan, the obstinate violence no longer represents an assault on daily life. Rather, life, in its obstinacy, represents a daily assault on the violence.

Ben started as a conflict photographer, covering Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the early adopters of camera phone photography, and tests new technologies to push the boundaries of photography.
A reception with live music will feature the Maplewood Community Music Trombone Quartet playing military marches, patriotic medlies and War years numbers.
Saturday, November 15
1:00 pm at Main Library
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.