Erina Duganne Collection of Photography Interviews (SC-29)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Audiovisual materials may be inaccessible, depending upon required playback equipment. Contact the library for further information.

Terms of access:

The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright, beyond that allowed by fair use, requires the researcher to obtain permission of copyright holders.

Preferred citation:

Erina Duganne Collection of Photography Interviews (SC-29). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet 1 box; 14 items
Creator:
Duganne, Erina and Duganne, Erina
Abstract:
The collection is comprised of interviews Duganne completed with members of the Kamoinge Workshop. Members included in the interviews are Adger Cowans, Al Fennar, Ray Francis, Louis Draper, Herb Randall, Beuford Smith, and Shawn Walker, as well as New York school photographer Harold Feinstein.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Erina Duganne Collection of Photography Interviews (SC-29). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised of interviews Duganne completed with members of the Kamoinge Workshop. Members included in the interviews are Adger Cowans, Al Fennar, Ray Francis, Louis Draper, Herb Randall, Beuford Smith, and Shawn Walker, as well as New York school photographer Harold Feinstein. The majority of the interviews were recorded on microcassettes, and excerpts of some of the interviews were featured in the Spring 2011 edition of the magazine, "Exposure." Currently, transcriptions of the interviews are unavailable.

Biographical / historical:

Erina Duganne is Professor of Art History at Texas State University where she teaches courses on contemporary art, photography, and visual culture.

Publications by Duganne include Cold War Camera (2023), co-edited with Thy Phu and Andrea Noble; Global Photography: A Critical History (2020), co-authored with Heather Diack and Terri Weissman; The Self in Black and White: Race and Subjectivity in Postwar American Photography (2010); and Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain (2007), co-edited with Mark Reinhardt and Holly Edwards. In 2022, Duganne co-curated, with Abby Satinsky, Art for the Future: Artists Call and Central American Solidarities at the Tufts University Art Galleries.

Source: "About - Erina Duganne"

Custodial history:

The collection was donated by Erina Duganne in May 2018. One additional recording was donated by Duganne in November 2018.

Processing information:

Item titles were retained when provided.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into two series, and items are generally arranged chronologically within each series. Items with no date are generally placed at the end of each series. Sub-series are arranged alphabetically by artists' surnames.

Series 1
Artists, 2001-2005
Series 2
Kamoinge Workshop, 2011