Randolph Community College Hosts Hugh Morton Photography Exhibit

Randolph Community College’s Photographic Technology Department is hosting an exhibit of Hugh Morton’s original photographic prints. Morton was a well-known photojournalist and the owner of Grandfather Mountain in Avery County, N.C. He died in 2006.
           
The free exhibit of 15 Morton photographs is open to the public in the Photography Imaging Center on RCC’s Asheboro Campus from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays – Thursdays, and 8 a.m. -2 p.m. on Fridays, now through July 23.
           
According to a biography on the Grandfather Mountain website, Morton’s photographs were first published in TIME Magazine over 70 years ago, and he has been published in every major national magazine since. He specialized in scenic photography, sports action and politics. His life’s work is now archived by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill library, and there is a blog that features a daily posting of one of his negatives at www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/.
           
RCC’s Asheboro Campus is located at 629 Industrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit off of Highway 220 Bypass (I-73/I-74).