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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">February 5, 2010</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BR></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>SC Confederate Relic Room and
</B><B>Military</B><B> </B><B>Museum</B><B> features</B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>Exhibit saluting photographers
from </B><B>Vietnam</B><B> era</B></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Columbia</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> — The South Carolina Confederate
Relic Room and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Military</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Museum</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> presents moving and powerful
images of the Vietnam War in an exhibit titled<I> <B>Requiem: By the
Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina</B></I>, on view from March 5
through </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">May 29,
2010</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This exhibition
features 55 photographs taken by photojournalists who were killed or reported
missing while covering the conflict, which began with the French Indochina War
of the 1950s, and culminated with the fall of </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Phnom Penh</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Saigon</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> in
1975. <SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">The photographs featured are the
best of thousands gathered by Horst Faas and Tim Page, two photographers who
were wounded in </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Vietnam</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">. They decided that the works of
famous photojournalists like Robert Capa and Larry Burrows would hang alongside
those of unknown photographers who contributed significant pictures before their
death.</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Requiem</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> displays images
from 23 photographers representing seven countries, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Britain</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">USA</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">France</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Singapore</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Cambodia</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Japan</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Vietnam</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times">.<SPAN>
</SPAN>The photographs begin with a beautiful and peaceful landscape in the
1950s, and become increasingly more dramatic as they take us through the
escalating military involvement. Among the most moving images displayed are
those from the famous series “One Ride with Yankee Papa 13” by Larry Burrows
which documents a mission of Marine Lance Corporal James C. Farley.<SPAN>
</SPAN>This series of photographs premiered in January 1963 as <I>Life</I>
magazine’s first major cover story about the Vietnam War and brought home the
fact that American soldiers were involved in a major conflict on the other side
of the globe. </SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Requiem</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> is a traveling exhibit that is
part of the George Eastman House permanent collection.
<I><SPAN> </SPAN></I>Since 1997<I> Requiem</I> has traveled internationally
to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Tokyo</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Hanoi</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Lausanne</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">London</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">. <SPAN> </SPAN>Showings in
the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">United
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">State</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">s</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> include </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">New York City</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Chicago</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Atlanta</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Washington</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">D.C.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> — drawing record crowds at each
venue, including veterans of the war and many young people who were not yet born
when the war ended. <SPAN> </SPAN>The SC Confederate Relic Room and
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Military</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Museum</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> has selected the best of these
images to exhibit for the first time in </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Columbia</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">South Carolina</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">. <B><I></I></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Requiem is the first Vietnam War
exhibit shown by the Confederate Relic Room and director Allen Roberson says
that it was important for the museum to bring such a significant body of work to
the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Palmetto</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">State</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">.<SPAN> </SPAN>“The conflict
in </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Vietnam</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> affected the lives of many
contemporary<B> </B></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">South Carolinians</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> and is a critical story in our
state’s military history.<SPAN> </SPAN>This exhibit opens in early March
on the 45<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary of the beginning of the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">U.S.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> ground war in </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Vietnam</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> and is a precursor to a planned
major exhibit on </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">South Carolina</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> and </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Vietnam</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"> planned for the 50<SUP>th</SUP>
Anniversary of the Vietnam War in 2015.”</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">Images Attached: <SPAN>Huynh Thanh
My, (Vietnamese, 1937–1965), Mekong Delta, 1965; Larry Burrows (British,
1926–1971), “Da Nang, vietnam, 1965,” In a supply shack, the tragic and
frustrating mission over, Crew Chief James Farley weeps. Photographer Huynh
Thanh My (Vietnamese, 1937–1965) Mekong Delta, 1965 <SPAN> </SPAN>Images
Courtesy Horst Faas and Tim Page, provided by George Eastman
House</SPAN></SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times">.</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times"></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">—30—</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">"Requiem: By the
Photographers Who Died in </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Vietnam</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> and </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Indochina</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> was organized by Horst
Faas and Tim Page and toured by </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">George</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Eastman</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">House</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">International</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Museum</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> of Photography and
Film"</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></I></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Founded in 1896, the SC Confederate Relic Room
and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Military</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Museum</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> is the oldest museum in the </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Columbia</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> area. The
museum focuses on </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">South
Carolina</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">’s military history from the
Revolutionary War to the present War on
Terror</SPAN>. </P></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>