Opening events. Guest list, 1987

As part of Philadelphia's year-long celebration of the Bicentennial of the Constitution, Martha Chahroudi, Associate Curator of Photographs, organized an exhibition featuring twelve photographers -- Thomas Arndt, Jack Carnell, Larry Fink, Bruce Gilden, Nan Goldin, Nicholas Nixon, Barbara Norfleet, Patrick Pagnano, Judith Ross, Stephen Scheer, Joel Sternfeld, and Jim Stone -- who have chosen the American people in contemporary society as the subject of their work.