{"id":9647,"date":"2016-05-16T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T01:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9647"},"modified":"2016-11-04T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T14:24:19","slug":"episode-168-harry-katz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-168-harry-katz","title":{"rendered":"Episode 168 – Harry Katz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #168:
\nHarry Katz<\/a><\/p>\n

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“What connected Levine and Herblock was the fire in the belly, the outrage against people try to impose their power over the powerless, who try to disenfranchise people, who try to manipulate the laws for personal gain or prestige.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"61wTtsWb5aL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_\"<\/a>Harry L. Katz<\/a>, former head curator of prints and photographs for the Library of Congress, joins the show to talk about his new project on David Levine<\/a>, his love for Herblock, how his work on the Civil War and baseball differs from Ken Burns’ work on same, what it was like to assemble the LoC’s archive of 9\/11 photography and pictures, the process of learning how to see images critically, the tragic story of Arthur Szyk, and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n

“Baseball was a way for people to avoid talking about religion.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"book-image-noshadow\"<\/a>We also talk about growing up Jewish in New England, why the 1840s and 1850s are (currently) his favorite era in American history,\u00a0the Boston Atheneum’s post-Civil War project to collect Confederate material,\u00a0the terrifying experience of seeing Feiffer’s “Munro”<\/a> cartoon as a little kid,\u00a0and why the famous and powerful enjoyed being caricatured!\u00a0Go listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“People always see what they expect to see. I first look at face value, then I draw back to start fresh. What is it? What does it portray? What is it made of? If you do that, you’ve got an understanding that’s far richer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n