Phoenix Public Library will host the national debut of Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography Jan. 10 - March 29, 2009 at Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 North Central Ave. The exhibit features 60 photographs by a host of well-known photographers including Jack Dykinga, Michael Collier, Mike Buchheit, James Cowlin, and Sue Bennett. Admission is free.

Lasting Light reveals the dedication of those who have attempted to capture the Grand Canyon on film from the earliest days to modern times. Covering nearly 125 years of photographic history, the exhibition includes images of early photographers dangling from cables to get the perfect shot, their cumbersome camera equipment balanced precariously on their shoulders. More modern images are bold and dramatic, revealing the canyon's capricious weather, its flora and fauna, waterfalls and wading pools, and awesome cliffs and rock formations.

Free programs with featured photographers Jack Dykinga, Michael Collier and Michael Buchheit compliment the exhibit.

Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography was created by the Grand Canyon Association and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

The exhibit is sponsored locally by the Phoenix Public Library Foundation with media support from Arizona Highways Magazine.