Congratulations are in order to photographer and MFAEDA faculty member Alex Harris, who is working on the proofs for the production of his book with E.O. Wilson, Why We Are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City. Publisher’s weekly reviewed the book in advance of publication, and on October 11th the Mobile Museum… Continue reading Alex Harris and E.O. Wilson on the Spirit of Mobile
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Presentation of MFA Student Works-in-Progress, 12/13
Duke’s first MFA program invites the public to showings of the documentary works-in-progress of the fifteen students from the inaugural class. The students are all enrolled in the first year Documentary Fieldwork seminar taught by Alex Harris. The work of three students—Philip Brubaker, Wolfgang Hastert, and Jolene Mok was shown on Tuesday, December 6 (see end… Continue reading Presentation of MFA Student Works-in-Progress, 12/13
Video Interviews with Photographer Alex Harris
Alex Harris’s photographic work recently opened in a landmark exhibit at the Getty Museum show, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Evans to Now. Harris’s 18 large scale photographs are featured alongside those of Walker Evans, and two other contemporary photographers. A student of Walker Evans at Yale, Harris is the author of, among other books,… Continue reading Video Interviews with Photographer Alex Harris
Eyes on Cuba: A Conversation with Alex Harris and Ruth Behar at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Eyes on Cuba: A Conversation with Alex Harris and Ruth BeharWednesday, May 18, 7 p.m. J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, Los Angeles, California The event is held in conjunction with the exhibition, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, opening next month at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and… Continue reading Eyes on Cuba: A Conversation with Alex Harris and Ruth Behar at the J. Paul Getty Museum
