Art Reception: Major Morris

Learn more about the background of both Major Morris and the themes which he explored in his photography, by speaking with his wife.  Light refreshments will be served at the reception.  

Major Morris (1921-2016) held his first “major” photo exhibition in San Diego in 1997, in the new Earl & Birdie Taylor Library in Pacific Beach, which had opened earlier that year.  That exhibition included 39 black and white photographs 
depicting inner-city life, primarily from the northeastern U.S. 

Reflecting/Revisiting features pieces selected by Major Morris’s wife, Anne-Grethe, and represents a “homecoming” to Pacific Beach for his art. 

This exhibition is divided into three groupings of his interests: 

• Children’s curiosity and yearning for exploration and learning,
• Social injustice as documented at the 1968 Poor People’s March on Washington, and
• Interactions with both well-known and aspiring jazz musicians playing at various establishments around Boston. 

Viewers are urged to consider what has really changed during the 50-60 years since these photos were taken, and even in the 28 years since some of these images were last shown in Pacific Beach.