“THROUGH THE LENS OF ED WESTCOTT: PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II’S SECRET CITY”

July 6 -- August 22

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Please join us for the Reception & Lecture:

Thursday, July 26

4:00--6:00pm Reception

6:00pm Guest Lecture by Dr. Howard Young

"A Brief History of the Two Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan at the End of WW II"

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“Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City” features photographs of the community of Oak Ridge and its ties to the “Manhattan Project” of nuclear energy discovery.

Westcott was a photographer with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1942 he became one of 50 residents in the new ‘secret city” of Oak Ridge. He spent the next four years as the official photographer of the Manhattan Project but also documented everyday life of the city which quickly grew to 75,000 citizens. Westcott was also present when World War II ended and captured the joy and relief of the city’s residents; he was also on-hand to record the pageantry that accompanied the gates of the ‘secret city” being opened to the American pubic on March 19, 1949.

This exhibit is free and open to the public. It is located in the Kingsport Renaissance Center Atrium Gallery (2nd Floor) and will be on display Mon – Sat from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun. 12 – 4 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Kingsport. For more information, email Bonnie Macdonald.