Ivan Massar, From the Selma to Montgomery, 1965 Like photo-essayist James Karales, photojournalist Ivan Massar documented the fifty-four-mile voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Like Karales, Massar took a picture of Harrison Mayes iconic roadside marker in the foreground and the marchers on US-80 in the background. Elliott Erwitt, Alabama, 1955 French-American photographer Elliott…
A few updates on Henry Harrison Mayes roadside markers. Devon Tuttle and Roger May provided me with the exact locations and photos of two corrugated metal crosses that were listed here with an approximate location. One outside Rutherfordton, NC and the other outside Steele, AL. Also, it appears that the Montgomery, AL concrete cross was…
James Karales (1930-2002) was a photographer for Look magazine between 1960 and 1972 and is included in the show with his pictures of the churchs’ role during the events that Look published in the May 18, 1965 issue, and the Selma March. His iconic image of this event, which is permanently on view at the…
