<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 17px; ">As part of the ongoing</SPAN><I style="font-family: Times; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; "> Calico Lecture Series</SPAN></I><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 17px; "> at Hampshire College, photographer</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><B style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; "> Abelardo Morell</SPAN></B></FONT><FONT face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 17px; "> will speak about his work on Tuesday, April 4th at 8 pm, in the Film/Photography/Video Building.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; ">During the last 15 years, Abelardo Morell has published seven photographic books, including two on the subject of books themselves: "A Book of Books" and his version of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", of which Peter Galassi (Curator of Photography at MOMA) writes,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Verdana" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px; ">"For his illustrations, Abelardo Morell had the brilliant idea of making the book itself a character in the story. His photographs, at once eerie and full of wit, are beautifully realized."</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Verdana" size="+2" color="#000000"><BR style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; ">Morell's interest in the unexpected optical qualities of ordinary objects is earning him an expanding international audience. He will be discussing the scope of his career in his lecture next Tuesday. The lecture is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; ">For additional information, contact Sandra Matthews at <A href="mailto:smatthews@hampshire.edu">smatthews@hampshire.edu</A></SPAN><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000"><BR style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 17px; "></FONT></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>