Exhibit brings blues artists to life at National Harbor
The artists that sing the blues in backwater Juke Joints, on creaky Southern porches, and in the finest venues under the bright lights of show business, standout because they are the soothsayers of our time, serving as cultural envoys to our personal and collective past and present.
Son House, front cover of Father of the Folk Blues / Photographer: Dick Waterman
Visually, the aesthetics of these artists have been captured in photographs by Dick Waterman and the paintings of Howard Finster and Bill Adair in the exhibition: Between Midnight and Day, on display at Govinda Gallery National Harbor through August 31.
Waterman served as an agent, representative, photographer and friend to some of the most influential voices in American music. Because of his access to the artists and his unique relationship he was able to document those artists like no one else before or since.
The exhibit features original images of the genre’s legends such as Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, BB King, Fred McDowell, Bonnie Raitt, Otis Rush, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Mama Thornton, Sippie Wallace, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, and Howlin’ Wolf.
Waterman holds a unique place in the blues world; in 2000 he was the only non-performer to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Additionally, in 2004, a collection of his photographs was published in the award winning book Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive with a preface by Bonnie Rait, an introduction by Peter Guralnick, and edited by Chris Murray.
For more information on the exhibit, contact Chris Murray or David Murray at 202-333-1180.
--PGS Staff
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