Jacques Lowe took tens of thousands of photos of the Kennedy family. Through his friendship with Mr. Lowe, Frank Harvey acquired hundreds of vintage prints which were signed by the artist. For the Remembering Camelot exhibit, we can only display about 75 of them.
So, how do you pick just 75 photos out of hundreds of the most amazing photos you've ever seen?
This difficult task fell to True Vineyard's executive director, Diana Wiley, and Tecla Cosgrove, one of TVM's board members - and of course the collector himself, Frank Harvey. Tecla and Diana joined Frank in Houston a few months ago to make the difficult choices.
The photos were taken out of storage, and one by one they were evaluated, scrutinized, and categorized.
Diana with some of the stacks of Jacques Lowe's photos in Frank Harvey's collection.
There were many photos that, on first viewing, were not a perfect fit for this exhibit. The rest were separated by the themes that had been selected for the event: Senate campaign, JFK, Jackie, The Camelot Years, Inauguration and Presidency. Round after round, the photos were viewed and discussed as to whether they were a perfect fit for the exhibit. It was a very challenging task!
Tecla bringing carrying in another stack of photos to be reviewed.
Frank taking a moment, and reading an excerpt about his friend Jacques.
Come see the results of this hard work on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the Remembering Camelot reception being held in San Marcos, TX.
