Mel Rosenthal photographs, 1975-2008

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Mel Rosenthal photographs, 1975-2008

Mel Rosenthal photographs, 1975-2008

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/rosenthal/

Documentary photographer based in New York City and director of photographic programs at SUNY-Empire State. Collection consists of 80 black and white photographs taken by Mel Rosenthal, stemming from two documentary projects. The first documents the destruction by arson of an entire neighborhood in New York, the South Bronx, in the 1970s, with images of burned-out buildings and inhabitants who were forced to abandon their homes. The second project depicts Arab Americans, including men, women and children of Syrian, Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Jordanian and Palestinian descent, living in New York State during the last decade of the 20th century and the early 2000s. Scenes include images of children, professionals, neighborhood life, and the religious lives of Christians, Muslims, Greek Orthodox, Maronites, Jews and Coptics. The images in the Rosenthal collection formed part of two separate exhibits at Duke University, available online. The photographic prints measure 11x14 and 16x20 inches. Also included are a few publicity items for a workshop on documentary photography, and an audiocassette recording of Rosenthal speaking at an exhibit opening in 2004. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

84 items (3.0 lin. ft.)

eng,

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library