{"id":409658,"date":"2026-09-24T21:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409658\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:38:09","slug":"artists-ritz-exhibit-brings-history-to-life-through-his-eyes-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409658\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist\u2019s Ritz Exhibit Brings History To Life Through His Eyes \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image1-1-678x381.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image1\"\/><br \/>\nShown is Tina and David Wright showcasing his exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade photographer David Wright has documented Jacksonville from behind the camera. Now, some of the people, places and moments captured through his lens are taking center stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Ritz Theatre and Museum opened \u201cThrough My Eyes: What I Make of My Future,\u201d on Sept 17, a photography exhibition featuring the work of\u00a0 longtime Jacksonville Free Press staff\u00a0 photographer. The exhibition showcases Wrights photographs of Jacksonville\u2019s business, faith, military and community leaders, reflecting years spent documenting the people and events shaping the city. Wright\u2019s relationship with photography began long before his work in Jacksonville. Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he watched his father develop black-and-white photographs. His father eventually built a darkroom in the family home, helping spark what would become Wright\u2019s lifelong passion.<\/p>\n<p>For Wright, \u201cThrough My Eyes\u201d is both a showcase of his work and a reminder of photography\u2019s ability to preserve stories long after a moment has passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shown is Tina and David Wright showcasing his exhibit. For more than a decade photographer David Wright has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-409658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}