Pulitzer Prize winning photographers Todd Heisler and John H. White speaking on Nov. 12 in Wauconda

Hear Pulitzer Prize winning photographers Todd Heisler and John H. White discuss what it was like to capture the photographs that won America’s most prestigious journalism award. Join Heisler, White and Cyma Rubin, curator of the Capture the Moment exhibition, for Defining Moments by the Pulitzer Prize Photographers on November 12 from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Lake County Discovery Museum near Wauconda.

In this special presentation, Todd Heisler from the Rocky Mountain News and John H. White from the Chicago Sun-Times will share stories from their experiences composing their award winning portfolios. In addition, Rubin will reveal the untold stories behind the photos that changed the nation, including the American flag raising on Iwo Jima and Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A question and answer session with the speakers will follow the presentation.

Cost for Defining Moments is $10 per person. Price includes Museum admission. The program is for adults and children ages 12 and up. Registration and prepayment are required. Call 847-968-3321 or visit http://www.LCFPD.org to register.

For more info:
The Lake County Discovery Museum is located on Route 176 just west of Fairfield Road and east of Wauconda in Lakewood Forest Preserve. The Museum is currently featuring Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs, a traveling exhibition that includes the Pulitzer winners from 1942 to 2006. For more information about Defining Moments or Capture the Moment visit www.LCFPD.org/ Pulitzer or call the Museum at 847-968-3400.

About the Speakers
Todd Heisler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets. He was also a member of the Rocky Mountain News staff that won a Pulitzer in 2003 for their coverage of Colorado wildfires. Before joining the staff of the Rocky Mountain News, Heisler worked at various community newspapers in suburban Chicago where he grew up.

John H. White is a staff photographer with the Chicago Sun-Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 1982 for a portfolio of photos detailing a year in the life of Chicago. He has photographed the city for more than 30 years and has won numerous awards throughout his career. White was the first photographer to be inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame. In addition to his work at the Sun-Times he teaches photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago.

Cyma Rubin is a producer, director, writer and president of Business of Entertainment, Inc., New York. She is the curator of the traveling exhibition, Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize photographs, currently showing at the Lake County Discovery Museum. Rubin also produced and directed “Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs” for Turner Network Television, which received the 1999 Emmy and Telly awards for best documentary.

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