Elvis at 21 ~ Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Elvis at 21 ~ Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:31 PM PST

RICHMOND, VA.- Fifty-six dramatic 1956 photographs of Elvis Presley on the brink of international superstardom - including intimate images taken in Richmond - are being shown in Elvis at 21 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA).The black-and-white photographs taken by Alfred Wertheimer show a baby-faced Elvis just as his career began but before he was a recognizable rock-and-roll icon. Elvis at 21 is the first national traveling show of Wertheimer's photographs, which have been described as the stuff of music legend. Master printer David Adamson produced new pigment prints for the exhibition. Developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), Govinda Gallery, and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition is made possible through the support of HISTORY™.