Author: Margaret Sartor
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469648326
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary studios a clientele that was both racially and economically diverse. After his death in 1922, his glass plate negatives remained stored in his darkroom, a tobacco barn, for fifty years. Slated for demolition in the 1970s, the barn was saved at the last moment--and with it, this surprising and unparalleled document of life at the turn of the twentieth century, a turbulent time in the history of the American South. Hugh Mangum's multiple-image, glass plate negatives reveal the open-door policy of his studio to show us lives marked both by notable affluence and hard work, all imbued with a strong sense of individuality, self-creation, and often joy. Seen and experienced in the present, the portraits hint at unexpected relationships and histories and also confirm how historical photographs have the power to subvert familiar narratives. Mangum's photographs are not only images; they are objects that have survived a history of their own and exist within the larger political and cultural history of the American South, demonstrating the unpredictable alchemy that often characterizes the best art--its ability over time to evolve with and absorb life and meaning beyond the intentions or expectations of the artist.
Where We Find Ourselves
Author: Margaret Sartor
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469648326
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary studios a clientele that was both racially and economically diverse. After his death in 1922, his glass plate negatives remained stored in his darkroom, a tobacco barn, for fifty years. Slated for demolition in the 1970s, the barn was saved at the last moment--and with it, this surprising and unparalleled document of life at the turn of the twentieth century, a turbulent time in the history of the American South. Hugh Mangum's multiple-image, glass plate negatives reveal the open-door policy of his studio to show us lives marked both by notable affluence and hard work, all imbued with a strong sense of individuality, self-creation, and often joy. Seen and experienced in the present, the portraits hint at unexpected relationships and histories and also confirm how historical photographs have the power to subvert familiar narratives. Mangum's photographs are not only images; they are objects that have survived a history of their own and exist within the larger political and cultural history of the American South, demonstrating the unpredictable alchemy that often characterizes the best art--its ability over time to evolve with and absorb life and meaning beyond the intentions or expectations of the artist.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469648326
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Self-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like boomtown on the map. As an itinerant portraitist working primarily in North Carolina and Virginia during the rise of Jim Crow, Mangum welcomed into his temporary studios a clientele that was both racially and economically diverse. After his death in 1922, his glass plate negatives remained stored in his darkroom, a tobacco barn, for fifty years. Slated for demolition in the 1970s, the barn was saved at the last moment--and with it, this surprising and unparalleled document of life at the turn of the twentieth century, a turbulent time in the history of the American South. Hugh Mangum's multiple-image, glass plate negatives reveal the open-door policy of his studio to show us lives marked both by notable affluence and hard work, all imbued with a strong sense of individuality, self-creation, and often joy. Seen and experienced in the present, the portraits hint at unexpected relationships and histories and also confirm how historical photographs have the power to subvert familiar narratives. Mangum's photographs are not only images; they are objects that have survived a history of their own and exist within the larger political and cultural history of the American South, demonstrating the unpredictable alchemy that often characterizes the best art--its ability over time to evolve with and absorb life and meaning beyond the intentions or expectations of the artist.
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report
Author: Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1897
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1897-1922
Author: United States Military Academy. Class of 1897
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Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Pages : 342
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A Twenty-five Years Record, 1897-1922
Author: Hampstead Antiquarian and Historical Society
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Moody's Analyses of Railroad Investments
Author: John Sherman Porter
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 1618
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American government securities); 1928-53 in 5 annual vols.:[v.1] Railroad securities (1952-53. Transportation); [v.2] Industrial securities; [v.3] Public utility securities; [v.4] Government securities (1928-54); [v.5] Banks, insurance companies, investment trusts, real estate, finance and credit companies (1928-54).
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 1618
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American government securities); 1928-53 in 5 annual vols.:[v.1] Railroad securities (1952-53. Transportation); [v.2] Industrial securities; [v.3] Public utility securities; [v.4] Government securities (1928-54); [v.5] Banks, insurance companies, investment trusts, real estate, finance and credit companies (1928-54).
Moody's Manual of Investments
Author: John Sherman Porter
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
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Bulletin
Author: United States National Museum
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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The Benin Massacre
Author: Alan Maxwell Boisragon
Publisher: London : Methuen
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Publisher: London : Methuen
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Under the Flag of the Orient
Author: Marion Harland
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The Publications of the Surtees Society
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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List of publications, v. 1-132, in v. 132.
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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List of publications, v. 1-132, in v. 132.