by Alyssa Gorton | Dec 5, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Theorizing the archive, Theory & Practice
Among the most valuable lessons I have learned in this class is that archiving is not wholly individual work. In fact, collaboration and creating “networks, not monuments,” to borrow from Helton’s [1] 2019 work, is integral in designing and upholding a new era...
by Alyssa Gorton | Nov 17, 2023 | Black Portrait Photograph Collection, Texas, Theorizing the archive, Theory & Practice
Left: Portrait of two women standing and two men seated, cabinet photograph, c. 1880-1910s, UD Library: Black Portrait Photograph CollectionRight: Portrait, possibly Fannie Williams and Ellen, c. 1880-1910s, UD Library: Black Portrait Photograph Collection The second...