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The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is now featuring “Mel Finkelstein: Playing a Hunch,” an exhibition offering a 40-year retrospective of the works of New York photojournalist Mel Finkelstein.
Finkelstein captured images of celebrities, politicians and people of public interest throughout his career. He worked for the New York Daily News, was photo editor for the New York Post and would often freelance some of his images to well-known publications such as Life Magazine.
His historical photographs include a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photograph of China joining the U.N.
“Mel Finkelstein: Playing a Hunch” will be on view through Sunday, Oct. 19.
A workshop will be presented at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 in the North Gallery with Susan J. Geier, daughter of Mel Finkelstein, photographer and owner of Studio 212 Gallery. Geier will talk about the profession of photography and her father’s career as a photojournalist. Following the discussion she will lead a hands-on photojournalism activity for all ages.
For registration contact Education Coordinator Patti Buster at 727-712-5226 or email
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An “On The Easel” talk concerning the exhibit will be presented at noon Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the Museum Lobby.
Herb Snitzer will discuss New York City, where he was a photojournalist in the late ’50s and early ’60s, his awareness of Mel Finkelstein, and the activism of the civil rights movement based on his 1959 photograph “Freedom Now.” LRMA showcased Snitzer in a 2004 retrospective exhibition entitled “Herb Snitzer: In the Moment.”
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is located just west of U.S. Highway 19 at 600 Klosterman Road, on the Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sat., 5-9 p.m. Thurs. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.
Call 727-712-5762 or visit www.spcollege.edu/museum
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