The work of photojournalism will be the subject of a lecture by former Daily Tar Heelstudent photographer James Wallace on Thursday (Nov. 1) at Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The work of photojournalism will be the subject of a lecture by former Daily Tar Heelstudent photographer James Wallace on Thursday (Nov. 1) at Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The 5:30 p.m. talk, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Wilson Library’s North Carolina Collection, and the Center for the Study of the American South, is part of the center’s James A. Hutchins Lecture series. It also serves as the keynote for a Civil Rights in Chapel Hill Celebration Weekend taking place from Nov. 1-3 at locations around Chapel Hill and Durham.
Beginning at 5 p.m., attendees can enjoy a special viewing of the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives exhibit “Photographic Angles: News Photography in the North Carolina Collection.”
For information about the free, public program, contact Liza Terll, Friends of the Library: (919) 548-1203 or liza_terll@unc.edu.
The theme for Wallace’s lecture will be “That we may know by our eyes,” and he will also discuss his new book of photographs, “Courage in the Moment: The Civil Rights Struggle, 1961–1964.”
He will be introduced by Patrick Davison, associate professor of journalism, who will examine the current and future state of photojournalism. Davison previously worked as a staff photojournalist at the Rocky Mountain News (Denver) and the Dallas Morning News.
Wallace served for 25 years as director of imaging and photographic services at the Smithsonian Institution and currently serves on the board of advisers of the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The exhibit features 30 published and unpublished photographs taken for the News & Observer of Raleigh, the Daily Tar Heel, the Durham Herald-Sun, and other newspapers from 1891 through 2000. The images show how photographers use low camera angles, wide-angle lenses and personal perspectives to create compelling news photographs.
The exhibit, on view through Feb. 3, 2013, is sponsored by the North Carolina Collection and draws on the holdings of its North Carolina Photographic Archives. Among the featured photojournalists are Hugh Morton and journalism faculty members Jock Lauterer and Paul Cuadros.
Wilson Library contact: Judith Panitch, (919) 962-1301, panitch@email.unc.edu