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The Work of Photojournalist Bill Foley
Hoosiers will be able to view the work of the award winning Hoosier photojournalist Bill Foley spanning from the Midwest to the Middle East at the Indiana State Museum starting from March 28 through July 19, 2015.  The exhibit explores Mr. Foley’s career from 1978 to 1990 through the images he captured of iconic events, including the photos which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News photograph.  The exhibition also displayed his work for various charities, his work with the motion picture industry, and examines the tools used by photojournalists used in the 1970s and 1980s, from cameras and contact sheets to identification cards and passports.

Several IAAT staff has the good fortune to attend the Press Preview and to meet the artist-photojournalist.  IAAT staff were totally awed and captivated by his artistry, courage, work ethics and his compassion to tell the stories through the images he froze at the right moment and at the right place.  Besides having an opportunity to brush up or learn about an important period of our recent history, one is offered a glimpse through the viewfinder and into the life of a photojournalist.

Foley grew up in Indianapolis and is a graduate of Indiana University.  Since 1978, Foley has worked in over 47 countries and his work has been published in every major publication around the world. Before returning to Indiana in 2005, he has lived in Cairo, Egypt, Beirut, Lebanon and New York working as a staff photographer for the Associated Press and on contract with Time Magazine.  Along with his wife Cary Vaughan, Foley is also the one of the first recipients of the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 1991 for his efforts to free Hezbollah hostage and Beirut AP colleague Terry Anderson.  In 2013, Foley was awarded the Indiana University School of Journalism Distinguished Alumni Award and was named to the Shortridge High School Hall of Fame. Since 2000, Foley has been an educator as well as a photojournalist. He taught photography at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts for five years and is currently an assistant professor of photography at Marian University in Indianapolis.

(pictures with Indy Asian American Times)