Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Documentary photographer, Alex Harris

Alex Harris is a founder of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, North Carolina, and of DoubleTake Magazine. He has taught documentary photography and writing at Duke since 1975.

In this video he shows pictures he has taken both in medical clinics and in Artic communities. He discusses how his work as a documentary photographer in the field resonates with the work of physicians in the clinic.



"Diagnosis: A Photographer's Guide," A Talk by Alex Harris from Center for Documentary Studies on Vimeo.

Monday, March 7, 2011

The recession as art

The Guardian's camera club runs a monthly assignment. This month they are asking you to photograph the recession, and Alicia Canter offers some tips on documenting the downturn with your camera.

If you want, you can show off your photos on the Guardian Camera Club's Flickr group.