Olive Pierce: 40 Years of Photography (1963-2003)
Perkins Library, Special Collections Gallery, through 14 December
Reception and Artist's Talk on Friday, 24 October, 5:30-7:30pm
Perkins Library, Biddle Rare Book Room

Olive Pierce began shooting black and white photographs in the late 1940s in Poland; she has studied with Berenice Abbott and Paul Caponigro.  This retrospective of her work depicts strong, in-your-face photographs of urban life in Cambridge, MA; the hard working lives of Maine lobstermen and their families; and, the tenuous lives of children in Iraq. The exhibit also includes “Fern’s Last Days” a DVD on the death of a Maine lobsterman as told by his family. Catch the premier showing of Fern's Last Days at this event.

• karen.glynn@duke.edu
• 660-5968