Shane Lavalette photographs, 2010-2011
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Summary
- Creator:
- Lavalette, Shane, 1987-
- Abstract:
- The 25 photographs in this collection belong to a body of work entitled "One Sun, One Shadow", which was commissioned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for the 2012 exhibition "Picturing the South". They were all taken in the American South from 2010 to 2011, and explore Lavalette's connection to the South through landscapes, people, and music traditions. Though the majority of the 20x24 inch inkjet prints are in color, there are also five black-and-white prints. Titles for each print were assigned by the photographer. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11368
Background
- Scope and content:
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The 25 photographs in this collection belong to a body of work entitled "One Sun, One Shadow", which was commissioned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for the 2012 exhibition "Picturing the South". They were all taken in the American South from 2010 to 2011, and explore Lavalette's connection to the South through landscapes, people, and music traditions. Most were taken outdoors, but there are a few interior shots.
Though the majority of the 20x24 inch inkjet prints are in color, there are also five black-and-white prints. Titles for each print were created by the photographer.
In addition to Lavalette's photographic body of work, the Rubenstein Library also holds copies of the companion photo book, One Sun, One Shadow. The images are also available to view through the photographer's website.
Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
- Biographical / historical:
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Shane Lavalette (b. 1987, Burlington, VT) is an American photographer, the founding publisher/editor of Lavalette, an independent press, and the director of Light Work, a non-profit organization supporting photographers and artists in related media. He holds a BFA from Tufts University in partnership with The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Lavalette's photographs have been shown widely, including exhibitions at the High Museum of Art, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Aperture Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, The Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Musée de l'Elysée, Paris, in addition to works held in private and public collections. In 2016, a solo exhibition of the photographs in this collection, "One Sun, One Shadow" was presented at Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg, Germany.
- Acquisition information:
- The Shane Lavalette photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
- Processing information:
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Processed and encoded by Paula Jeannet, January 2017.
Accession represented in this collection guide: 2016-0327.
- Physical facet:
- 25 prints
- Dimensions:
- 20x24 inches
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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