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Documentary Photography
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Global Voices 
 A project "that collects, summarizes, and gives context to some of the best self-published content found on blogs, podcasts, photo sharing sites, and videoblogs from around the world, with a particular emphasis on countries outside of Europe and North America." Browse by country, topics, or contributors. Available in several languages. Founded at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/ Topics: Internet, Photography Last updated Jan 23, 2008 In the Path of Righteousness: Photographs by Jona Frank
Companion to a 2008-2009 exhibit of photographs of students at Patrick Henry College, an evangelical Christian institution near Washington, D.C., and, in some cases, the home-schooling environment from which they came. Also includes a virtual tour of the exhibition. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/jonafrank/ Topics: Photography Last updated Jun 22, 2009 Lost Labor: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980
A browsable "selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures....Many of the images document factories and jobs that no longer exist." Images may be browsed by category such as textile or automotive. Presented by "a visual artist interested in images of labor." http://www.lostlabor.com/ Topics: Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, Photography, Technology, United States History Last updated Apr 16, 2003 Migrant Workers Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Photographs documenting conditions in migrant labor camps in California's Imperial Valley, taken in February and March of 1937 under the auspices of the Resettlement Administration. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap03.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Dec 19, 2008 Miner's Son, Miners' Photographer: The Life and Work of George Harvan
This site has a biography of this documentary photographer, interviews with him, and a gallery of his photographs (many with text and audio comments by the photographer). In addition to the coal mining photographs for which he is best known, the online exhibitions include pictures taken in New York City, occupied Japan, the Gettysburg battlefield, and the Amish countryside. From The Journal for MultiMedia History , an online publication. http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol3/harvan/ Topics: Geology, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Technology Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Picturing the Century: Portfolio: Dorothea Lange
Several photographs by Dorothea Lange, documenting conditions in California during the Great Depression and World War II. Includes a short biography of Lange. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_lange.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Walker Evans Revolutionizes Documentary Photography
This is a "study of the great American photographer, Walker Evans, with comparison with other Farm Security Administration photographers, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, and Arnold Rothstein." http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/welcome.html Topics: Agriculture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Technology Last updated Jan 2, 2009 |
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