We'll, we're getting a little swamped with emails regarding my op-ed piece and photograph in the New York Times this morning and my blog post from election night. But since they're some of the nicest emails I've ever had the honor of reading, swamped is probably the wrong word to use.
Here's a note from a woman named Molly, in Whidbey Island, Washington:
Dear Matt:
I'm not getting married and I don't need a portrait. I just wanted to let you know what you already know - the photo of the Lincoln Memorial on election night is a masterpiece. I have personally named it "Lincoln's Children" and it recalls for me my climb up those steps twenty or so years ago (I'm an old lady now). As I climbed, tears came spontaneously and much to my surprise. When I saw your photo this morning, there they were again - the tears.
I'm a writer, but in this case I happily acknowledge that a picture is worth a thousand words, mostly because I can't even think of the right ones to describe the feelings this picture brought. I hope somebody buys a big copy of this and hangs it where everyone in the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court can see it every day. You've captured the essence of the New America.
All best from an old lady.
Molly
As I said, who wouldn't want to get emails like that?
Many of you are asking if there's a way to obtain a copy of the photograph, which I've quickly dubbed "Lincoln Memorial, 12:15 a.m., 11/5/08." (The photograph shows some thirty people--I was expecting 3,000!-- listening to President-elect Obama's victory speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the site of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech.") Though we haven't sold images like this in the past, I'm happy to make this picture available as a limited edition print.
We're going to print it just as we did the Holocaust photographs we hung recently in Paris for my exhibition at Le Memorial de la Shoah: as a gorgeous print on fine art exhibition paper. Each 11 x 14 print (9" x 9" square image size) will be signed and titled. The price is $175. You can opt for it color or in black and white.
To purchase a copy of this photograph, please go here.
Thanks for all the nice notes,
Matt