David M. Rubenstein
Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryArchive of Documentary Arts
Larry Schwarm, detail from Fire with full moon, Chase County, Kansas.
Lynn Saville, detail from Rue de Jarente - Paris, France.
William Gedney, detail from Kentucky Notebook.
James Karales, detail from contact sheet.
Frank Espada, detail from Washington, DC, 1973.
Cedric N. Chatterly, detail from David "Honeyboy" Edwards in side-view mirror, Highway 61, Mississippi.
Alex Harris, detail from Calle Sol and Cuba, Old Havana, looking north from Alberto Roja's Plymouth, Cuba.
Benjamin Lowy, detail from Iraq | Perspectives I: Windows.
Randolph Bezzant Holmes, Detail from Exit of the Khyber into the Peshawar Plains.
About
The Archive of Documentary Arts is part of Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Its mission is to collect, promote, preserve, and provide access to audio, moving images, photography, and text from around the world related to the history of documentary arts.
The ADA works closely with the Center for Documentary Studies, the Program in Arts of the Moving Image, and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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EXHIBITION: Propitious Wind and Rain Photographs by Tom Rankin
Reception on January 31, 2019
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Research Grant
NEW in 2019: Grants for Photographic Research for artists and researchers whose work would benefit from access to the photographic and documentary arts collections at the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. More Information >
