NOVA Exhibition

Alexandria Campus, Northern Virginia Community College will host an exhibition of Alexandria Living Legends photographs by artist-photographer Nina Tisara, opening Monday, January 10 through February 2, .2011.  This is the first exhibition to include photographs from all three past years of the project, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Now beginning its fourth year, Living Legends of Alexandria is an ongoing, not-for-profit photo documentary project to identify, honor and chronicle those individuals whose vision and dedication have made a tangible difference to the quality of life in Alexandria. A list of the Legends may be found at http://www.tisaraphoto.com/legends/Years0711.htm

The project was conceived by artist-photographer Nina Tisara in response to requests for photographs of Alexandrians who were no longer living. When the images were not available in the Tisara archives, she devised a system for having them available in the future. Tisara, who studied Photography at Nova, now serves as project director for Living Legends of Alexandria.

Major financial sponsors of Living Legends of Alexandria in 2010 were the Rotary Club of Alexandria, Dominion Virginia Power, and McEnearney Associates. Media sponsors were Local Kicks, AlexandriaNews.org, and founding media sponsor The Alexandria Gazette Packet.

For more information about the project go to at http://www.AlexandriaLegends.com or contact Nina Tisara, AlexandriaLivingLegends@ninatisara.com

For more information about the Photography program go to http://www.nvcc.edu/alexandria/visual/photo or contact Sarah Raymond, sraymond@nvcc.edu.