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Erina Duganne Collection of Photography Interviews (SC-29)

 Collection — Box: SC-29 Box 1
Identifier: SC-29

Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of interviews Duganne completed with members of the Kamoinge Workshop. Members included in the interviews are Adger Cowans, Al Fennar, Ray Francis, Louis Draper, Herb Randall, Beuford Smith, and Shawn Walker, as well as New York school photographer Harold Feinstein. The majority of the interviews were recorded on microcassettes, and excerpts of some of the interviews were featured in the Spring 2011 edition of the magazine, “Exposure.” Currently, transcriptions of the interviews are unavailable.

Dates

  • 2001-2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials may be inaccessible, depending upon required playback equipment. Contact the library for further information.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.

Biographical / Historical

Erina Duganne is Professor of Art History at Texas State University where she teaches courses on contemporary art, photography, and visual culture.

Publications by Duganne include Cold War Camera (2023), co-edited with Thy Phu and Andrea Noble; Global Photography: A Critical History (2020), co-authored with Heather Diack and Terri Weissman; The Self in Black and White: Race and Subjectivity in Postwar American Photography (2010); and Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain (2007), co-edited with Mark Reinhardt and Holly Edwards. In 2022, Duganne co-curated, with Abby Satinsky, Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities at the Tufts University Art Galleries.

Source: “About - Erina Duganne”

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 box; 14 items)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection is comprised of interviews Duganne completed with members of the Kamoinge Workshop. Members included in the interviews are Adger Cowans, Al Fennar, Ray Francis, Louis Draper, Herb Randall, Beuford Smith, and Shawn Walker, as well as New York school photographer Harold Feinstein.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into two series, and items are generally arranged chronologically within each series. Items with no date are generally placed at the end of each series. Sub-series are arranged alphabetically by artists' surnames.

Series 1
Artists, 2001-2005
Series 2
Kamoinge Workshop, 2011

Custodial History

The collection was donated by Erina Duganne in May 2018. One additional recording was donated by Duganne in November 2018.

Processing Information

Item titles were retained when provided.

Title
Finding Aids to Special Collections in the VMFA Archives | Erina Duganne Collection of Photography Interviews
Subtitle
Special Collection 29 (SC-29)
Author
Emily Johnson, Assistant Archivist
Date
2023
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives Repository

Contact:
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
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