Petra Barth photographs, 2006-2010.

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Petra Barth photographs, 2006-2010.

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Accession (2008-0235) (49 items; 3 lin. ft.; dated 2001) includes 49 traditional darkroom prints (16x20, gelatin silver) of everyday life in El Salvador. Consists of portraits of people in the country and towns, in their homes, working the land, fishermen, collecting water, cooking, minding children, at the market; also includes landscapes. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University). Accession (2010-0209) (50 items; 3 lin. ft.; dated 2006-2010) includes fifty exhibition-quality darkroom prints (16x20, gelatin silver) of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Areas represented include Patagonia, Argentina; the Bahamas; Foz do Iguacu and Rio de Janero, Brazil; El Salvador; Guatemala; Martissant, Cite Soleil, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Nicaragua; Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; and Cusco, Peru. Includes some portraits, as well as documentary photography of people working, cooking, traveling, and resting. Several portraits feature people in traditional dress. The largest group of photographs is from Haiti, where Barth returned following the 2010 earthquake. These photographs include scenes of people among the rubble in Martissant and Port-au-Prince, as well as some portraits of hospital patients.

99 items (6.0 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)

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The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States entirely devoted to documentary film. An international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of non-fiction cinema, the Festival is held annually for four days in the spring in downtown Durham, North Carolina. Typically, more than 100 films are screened, along with discussions, panels, and workshops fostering conversation between filmmakers, film professionals and the public. ...

Barth, Petra

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Documentary photographer working primarily in Latin America and Asia. From the description of Petra Barth photographs, 2006-2010. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 681747247 Petra Barth was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1964. She originally studied design in Milan and worked for many years in the fashion industry. In 1999, fulfilling a lifelong ambition, she became a full-time freelance photographer working primarily in Latin America and Asia. She ha...