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Documentary photography Agent Orange: Landscape, Body, Image 
 Companion to a 2009 exhibit of photographs and art installations that consider the effects of Agent Orange, which "has come to symbolize the widespread tragedy of war and its silent legacies that persist for generations in damaged ecosystems and in the genetic and social landscapes of human bodies in Vietnam and elsewhere." Features a virtual tour of the exhibit and gallery of images (some troubling). From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/agentorange/ Topics: Pollutants & Toxic Substances, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 23, 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 Pedro Meyer: Heresies
Companion to a retrospective exhibit of work by the Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer. This exhibit opened "simultaneously in nearly 60 museums around the world in October 2008" and was "a major breakthrough in the way photographic work is exhibited." Features a gallery of 25 images, virtual tour of the exhibit, and introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/heresies/ Topics: Photography Last updated Jun 21, 2009 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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