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Rage in his fists/9 one of the enlarged photos (eight by six feet) in the exhibit. Another memorable picture, i?·Sick dog, heartsick boy, in the Traveling Exhibit of Look photographs. A section of the Look photo exhibit circulated by The American Federation of Arts. Museums in leading cities will display it during the next two years. o ^7 v. 33 Look at America ...in pictures From its very first issue, Look has relied heavily on pictures as well as words to tell a story. It has been a leader in the development of modern photojournalism. The picture-stor is Look's birthright. Look has published many pictures w" have become famous . . . moving, penetrat heart-warming pictures that tell the exci story of people; what they do, what they f|el, what they want, what they think. We are pr that, year after year, Look photographs h been singled out for awards and citations, Perhaps the highest recognition of Look a: pictorial interpreter of the American scene is Traveling Exhibit of Look photos entitL "Look at America" which The American Fed< ation of Arts has put together and is circulati: to art museums throughout the country. The American Federation of Arts is a n profit institution devoted to fostering a grea appreciation of the arts and a better und< standing among nations through the exchange of art. The major part of its foreign program is/ sponsored by the U. S. Information Agency. The "Look at America" Exhibit consists of enlarged prints of 185 outstanding photographs which have appeared in Look. The photos are divided by subject matter into 10 groups. Quotations from the poetry of Archibald MacLeish introduce and set the theme for each group . . . and for the exhibit as a whole. The exhibit has already been shown in Des Moines, Atlanta and Memphis. Future bookings, as made by the Federation, include: Chicago Art Center, April 26-May 16; Minneapolis University of Minnesota Gallery, June 1-22; Philadelphia Commercial Museum, July 4-Sept. 15; Louisville J. B. Speed Museum, Oct. 1-22; Omaha Joslyn Art Museum, Dec. 10.-31. The selection of 185 pictures (from the thousands upon thousands of memorable Look photos) took months of researching, rfetming and judging. In this process were involvecPnot only executives of The American Federation \f Arts but also the editors, art director and pi ture editor of Look. The resulting collection is a fascinating panorama of the world we live in; an exciting portrayal of the vitality and variety with which people?╟÷the high, the low, the famed, the obscure?╟÷lead their lives. We urge you to see the Federation's exhibit when it comes your way. )OK photographers are more than skilled flcture-takers. They are observers, interpreters, jcudents of human nature. They are visual com- lunicators . . . pictorial reporters. They are gained to work with the writers as teams. They ealize that the excitement and meaning of the tinted word must be matched by the excite- pnt and meaning of the printed picture. 148