Pogue, Alan

Photographer.

Born ca. 1943. Grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. Worked as photojournalist in Austin, Texas. Known for his photographs of migrant agricultural workers, strikers, protesters, artists, and performers. Pogue's work has been published in books, magazines, and newspapers, and has been exhibited in several one-man exhibits.

From the description of Alan Pogue photographs, ca. 1970. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23665588

Alan Pogue was born in 1946 and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas.

He began his photographic career while serving in Vietnam in 1967. Since 1975 he has engaged in an ongoing project documenting the Texas Farm Workers Union. In addition, his socially concerned mission has led him to photograph in Texas prisons, in Cuba, in Iraq and Pakistan where he is documenting the condition of refugees and war victims, and in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is also a staff photographer for the Texas Observer in Austin. For many years Pogue was a student and friend of acclaimed documentary photographer Russell Lee, and this collection contains some of Pogue's modern prints of Russell Lee negatives from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History's Russell Lee Photograph Collection. Pogue's many honors include a 1983 Texas Institute of Letters Dobie-Paisano fellowship, a CURE [Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants] Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, and being named "Best Photographer" by the Austin [Texas] Chronicle, 1990-2005.

From the description of Pogue, Alan, photographic archive, 1974-2007. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 682888602