WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES - NEWS & LINKS
BOOK & EXHIBITIONS​
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​In May of 2017, Alex Harris and Margaret Sartor presented their research on the work of Hugh Mangum at the Stanford L Warren Branch Library Auditorium in Durham, NC
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The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, co-publisher of Where We Find Ourselves, presents information and page spreads from the book at the time of publication.
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A description of Where We Find Ourselves and a link for purchasing copies directly from the publisher, The University of North Carolina Press.
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A description of the 2019 exhibition at The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University as well as links to exhibition reviews
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Camara Oscura Gallery in Spain exhibition of prints from Where We Find Ourselves January 17- March 28, 2020
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MB Abram will exhibit Hugh Mangum prints in Los Angeles in 2022 and provides here an online exhibition of the complete portfolio from Where We Find Ourselves
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ACA Galleries, one of the oldest art galleries in New York with a pioneering interest in progressive and political art, exhibits Hugh Mangum Sept 7 through October 23, 2021
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The Deland Museum of Art exhibited Hugh Mangum's photographs from Where We Find Ourselves from April 9, 2022 to June 12, 2022.
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The Congressional Chorus created a multi-media performance of Where We Find Ourselves on March 26th, 2022 at 7:30PM at the National City Christian Church in Washington DC
LECTURES & INTERVIEWS/VIDEOS
Alex Harris on Shortwave from the Center for Documentary Studies in 2019, speaking about his collaboration with Margaret Sartor over the years. Click enter to view the video.
Alex begins at 13:44.​
A Conversation with Sartor and Harris about Hugh Mangum on WUNC radio – The State of Things: An Itinerant Photographer Who Made Everyone His Subject January 27th, 2019 with host Frank Stasio
Margaret Sartor and Alex Harris speak about Hugh Mangum and Where We Find Ourselves at The National Archives, Washington, DC. April 30th, 2019
The full performance of Composer Michael Bussewitz-Quarm’s choral piece, Where We FindOurselves by the North Carolina State University Choirs on May 20th, 2021.
Oleander: Jazz vocalist, songwriter, and vocalist Queen Esther’s new release, features the photographs of Hugh Mangum.
The Congressional Chorus performed Beautifully Human, a live, multi-media event of Where We Find Ourselves on March 26th, 2022 at 7:30PM at the National City Christian Church in Washington DC
REVIEWS OF BOOK & EXHIBITION​
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Hyperallergic: An Itinerant Photographer’s Diverse Portraits of the Turn-of-the-Century American South, January 20, 2019 by Allison Meier
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Hyperallergic: Curators Experiment with Scale, Bringing New Life to the Jim Crow-era Photography of Hugh Mangum, February 25th, 2019, by Brenna M. Casey
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The Library Journal: Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897-1922, by Douglas F. Smith March 01, 2019
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Indy Week: Lost in a Durham Barn for Fifty Years, Hugh Mangum's Photos Form a Vivid Portrait of the Jim Crow South, March 27th 2019, by Sarah Edwards
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Winterhauer Portfolio Vol 55: 2,3: A Journal of American Material Culture, A review of Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum by Makeda Best of the Harvard Art Museums
HUGH MANGUM COLLECTION AT DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
All 1030 of Hugh Mangum’s glass plates are accessible in the Duke Digital Repository of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Books and Special Collections Library.
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