25 Under 25 photographs, 2003

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies
Abstract:
The Center for Documentary Studies opened in January 1990 and is an outgrowth of and replacement for the Center for Documentary Photography (1980-1990). The Center combines traditions of documentary photography and film, writing, oral history, and scholarly analysis in seeking to capture life experiences. The 25 Under 25 project showcases twenty-five of America's most promising photographers, all twenty-five years old or younger. This collection contains 21 prints from an exhibit celebrating the project's initial publication, 25 Under 25: Up-And-Coming American Photographers, a Lyndhurst Book published by powerHouse and the Center for Documentary Studies in 2003.
Extent:
5 Linear Feet
21 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00002

Background

Scope and content:

The 25 Under 25 Photographs collection includes 21 images from an exhibit produced by the Center for Documentary Studies in 2003. The images are all taken from volume 1 of 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, a 2003 Lyndhurst book published by the Center for Documentary Studies and powerHouse Books.

The exhibit prints are only a small portion of the photographs published in the book. 21 of the 25 photographers are represented in the collection, most with one print. The photographers and the titles of their projects are listed below in the collection's Description. Dates of photographs are unknown. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University).

Biographical / historical:

The Center for Documentary Studies opened in January 1990 and is an outgrowth of and replacement for the Center for Documentary Photography (1980-1990). The Center combines traditions of documentary photography and film, writing, oral history, and scholarly analysis in seeking to capture life experiences.

25 Under 25 is a project sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies that showcases twenty-five of America's most promising photographers, all aged twenty-five years old and younger. In 2003, the book 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers was published by the Center for Documentary Studies and powerHouse Books, including photographs and essays from 25 selected photographers. It was edited by Iris Tillman Hill. Accompanying the book was a traveling exhibit featuring selected images, which exhibited in 2003 and 2004 at both New York University and the University of North Carolina.

Volume 2 of 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, featuring a new group of twenty-five photographers, was published by the Center for Documentary Studies and powerHouse Books in Spring 2008.

Acquisition information:
The 25 Under 25 Photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2010.
Processing information:

Processed by Karen Glynn and Meghan Lyon, October 2010

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, October 2010

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