By Kurt Shaw, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Legendary Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) once quipped, “I let my pictures do the talking for me.” And considering the retrospective exhibit of his work that opened Friday at Carnegie Museum of Ar
t, his words could not ring more true.
Ten years in the making, the spectacular multimedia display is housed in the first of the museum’s three massive Heinz Galleries.A total of 987 photographs cycle through a 20-plus-minute larger-than-life presentation of Harris’ photographs — backed by a swing-style soundtrack composed by the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s Jay Ashby
“The images are divided into seven themes,” says Louise Lippincott, Carnegie curator of fine arts and exhibition project manager. “Rise and Fall of The Crawford Grill, Urban Landscapes, Gatherings, Words and Signs, At Home, Crossroads, and Style.”
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