East Broad Top Railroad exhibit opens at Arts Center
Barbara Sanchez preparing a photograph from Matthew Malkiewicz as part of the new exhibit at the Huntingdon County Arts Center, Losing Track of Time at the East Broad Top.
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Barbara Sanchez preparing a photograph from Matthew Malkiewicz as part of the new exhibit at the Huntingdon County Arts Center, Losing Track of Time at the East Broad Top.
HUNTINGDON — The Huntingdon County Arts Council will present a new exhibit in collaboration with the East Broad Top Railroad and renowned photographer Matthew Malkiewicz. The exhibit, Losing Track of Time at the East Broad Top, features a collection of photography of the narrow gauge railroad.
The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. May 8. The exhibit is on display through Saturday, May 31. The exhibit is at the Huntingdon County Arts Center, 313 12th Street, Huntingdon, and is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Since February of 2020, Malkiewicz has served as the photographer for the East Broad Top Foundation ownership/management team and the Friends volunteer group at the East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania; photographically documenting all aspects of the rebirth at a 150-year-old steam railroad and preserved machine shops facility. He is a resident of New Jersey who has also called California and Colorado home. His entire portfolio can be viewed at the popular website “Lost Tracks of Time” www.losttracksoftime.com and on Instagram @losttracksoftime.
Malkiewicz is a widely recognized photographer who specializes in steam railroading history. His imagery has appeared in both print and online venues, and he is the recipient of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s prestigious John E. Gruber Creative Photography Award. He is a Hasselblad ‘Masters of Photography’ 2016 finalist, an honorable mention in the 2017 Monochrome Awards in both the professional fine art and landscape categories, and has been published on the CNN International, Weather Channel, DPReview and PetaPixel websites. His work has been featured in the 2018 gallery exhibition, “The Art of Trains,” at Old Dominion University, and the “Jay Street Connecting Railroad Project” at the Empire Stores exhibition in Brooklyn NYC during the summer of 2019.