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Next lecture in Trent Center Colloquium Series features photographer Alex Harris

November 16th, 2010

The next lecture in the Trent Center Colloquium Series features photographer Alex Harris.

In this talk photographer Harris will show his photographs taken at the Samaritan House Clinic in San Mateo California and discuss how his work as a documentary photographer in the field resonates with the work of physicians in the clinic.

Diagnosis: A Photographer's Guide

Alex Harris, Photographer
Center for Documentary Studies
Duke University

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
5:00-6:15 PM
John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
2204 Erwin Road
Duke University

Refreshments will be served.

Free parking available in the Pickens Clinic lot across from the John Hope Franklin Center.

Alex Harris is a founder of the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) and of DoubleTake Magazine. He has taught documentary photography and writing at Duke since 1975. He helped to launch the Humanitarian Challenges Focus program at Duke and is currently teaching documentary writing and photography fieldwork seminars through CDS and the Sanford School of Public Policy. Among his books are River of Traps, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction in 1991, and The Idea of Cuba (2007). His photographs are in the collections of numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

This lecture is part of the Duke Innovation Lecture Series presented through a partnership between the Center for Documentary Studies and the Duke Residency Program Directors and funded by a Chancellor’s Fund Innovation Grant.The Trent Center Colloquium Series explores interdisciplinary topics in ethics and the social and cultural aspects of medicine. It is an opportunity for interested faculty, students, residents and fellows to both engage with current scholarship at Duke and, through informal, lively conversation, find avenues for collaborative exchange.

For more information, please contact us at 668-9000 or trent-center@duke.edu