Gary Monroe Photographs, 1980-1998

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Gary Monroe Photographs, 1980-1998

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Documentary photographer, writer, and lecturer based in Florida. A collection of 100 16x20 black-and-white gelatin silver prints shot by Gary Monroe from 1980 to 1998 in Haiti, in Haitian neighborhoods in Florida, and in Krome Camp, Florida, where Haitian refugees are detained by the U.S. government. Images depict individuals, families, and groups of Haitians and Haitian-Americans in a wide variety of locations, including city streets in Port Au Prince and Miami, rural locales, marketplaces, religious centers, housing interiors, and other locations. Some images of protests and ceremonies are included. Prints are identified by unique number assigned by photographer and arranged by country and then chronologically by number. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.

4.5 Linear Feet; 98 Items

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Monroe, Gary.

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Documentary photographer, writer, and lecturer based in Florida. From the description of Gary Monroe photographs, 1980-1998. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 493339563 Gary Monroe was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He received a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1977. Since then Monroe's work chiefly has been focused on documenting various communities in Florida and Haiti, although he has also traveled in other countries ...