Documentary photographer from Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia. The Paul Kwilecki Photographs and Papers span the years 1960-2008 and include black and white photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, photographer's notes, journals (closed until 2017), writings, speeches, correspondence related to photography, and other printed material. The bulk of the collection consists of Paul Kwilecki's black and white prints and other photographic material documenting rural and small-town life in and around Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, an undertaking he began as a self-taught photographer in 1960 and continued until his death in 2009. Although Kwilecki developed an interest in photography in the 1940s, only a very small portion of the images in the collection pre-date 1970. The collection is organized into two major series: , containing prints, contact sheets, and negatives, and a housing many files of correspondence, writings, and other personal papers. Significant correspondents include photographers Alex Harris and David Vestal. Photographic Materials Manuscripts Series
