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Museums

Posted by Harvey Finkle

…….A conventional view of museums might see them solely as institutions that house works of art, and as places for elites to view these works.

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But museums are communities.

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Besides enhancing our insights into the human condition and providing us with an historic vision of the evolution of our development socially, economically, culturally and creatively, they house activities that go far beyond these roles.

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Many activities of a community take place at museums; romance, relaxation, performance, protest, education, dining. In many ways, they are our melting pots, accommodating people of all ages and backgrounds

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There was no intention of producing a documentary or photo essay about museums. These photos were taken over time and location without any thought of a unified body of work. The locations include Philadelphia, Paris, Barcelona, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The time span covers a period of over 20 years.

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The Tribute To Harvey Finkle

……We reported a couple of weeks ago that the Bread & Roses Community Fund of Philadelphia paid tribute to the documentary photographs of Harvey Finkle at the Constitution Center of Philadelphia. For those who are not familiar with the center, it is located on Independence Mall, the same place where Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave his famous speech about race in America in 2008, during his run for the presidency.

The upper floor of the marvelous new facility was turned into an art gallery and celebration for the extraordinary commitment Harvey has made to the downtrodden and unfortunate in our society. Eighty photographs were on display and well over 1000 people attended the events of that memorable evening. One of the highlights was a spoken word/rap presentation by Mr. Tim Dowlin. We asked Tim if he would give us permission to publish his especially crafted words for the special tribute to Harvey…….

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Tim Dowlin;
I try to capture moments with the pen/ just like he does with the lens/ 

He’s a man of principle, he seems invincible/ yet he blends in so well, he’s invisible/ 

Moving through the crowd/ you know he’s got a vision/ 

We chant loud, and stand proud/ its no decision/ 

Cause for us to protest against death is the same as living/   

I ain’t kidding/ situations that I been in/ 

Got me and Harvey on a world tour/ 

Stop the war/ and the war on the poor/ 

Economic Human Rights is what we fighting for/  

Together we’ve seen some great places/ in this great nation/ but its no vacation/ 

Taking the Documentation of the Violations/ to the United Nations/  

We all agree without hesitation/ the greatest task that we facing/  

Is to BREAK UP- and WAKE UP- and SHAKE UP- the complacent/  

OK, OK, I know its a Tribute to Change/ I ain’t mean to change the tribute/  

This is just how I contribute/ from the food distribution center/ 

I’m a take it back to the National Constitution Center/ 

I’m a practice my First and speak freely/  

Harvey has seen me/ since I was a teenager/  

Yeah I was a minor now it seems major/  

Ever since I was a Urban Nomad/ with no pad/ crib or apartment/ 

No food to keep the dudes ribs apart wit/ the right attitude to start wit/   

Harvey taught me how to develop a negative into a positive picture.

From The Deaf Blind Series

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