December 2006
Making Sense of Metaphors by Bernard J. Tibbetts
subtitle: Visuality, Aurality, and the Reconfiguration of American Legal Discourse, 1994, long full-text essay online
November 2006
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
American Lesbian Photography - Home
"aim is to provide an overview over those lesbian photographers that took pictures of lesbians, and .. to discuss their photography in relation to the time in which they worked"
Community and Activist Video - Welcome to the Videosphere!
especially about Chicago in the 1970s and 80s; the experimental and activist media communities have always been close here
Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
one of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today
DONA SCHWARTZ | PHOTOGRAPHER
with a social eye, she looks at a kitchen changing with a blended family, being a soccer mom, and shooting with a hidden digital camera in a strip club at the customer-woman interactions there
Dorothea Lange, Collections -- Oakland Museum of California
archive of large collection of her photos
William Eggleston (Getty Museum)
Southern photographer of the everyday, commonplace
The History Place - Child Labor in America
online collection of Lewis W. Hine photos
A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn | libcom.org
entire text of this major left history is online
Roadside Architecture
documenting roadside architecture in the US, under many whacky categories; this is a favorite theme of mine in photography
Documenting America
by 1 otherhuge photographic archive from Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
"The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs"
theoretical study from the Netherlands about functioning and origins of blogs in US
Project Premises : Sed : A Trail of Thirst
hypertext and visual arts project on southwest US and politics of the border; extensive essay with incorporated artistic material; new vision of documentary media, visual ethnography
October 2006
| The John Cassavetes Pages |
attractively designed web site hosted by scholar Ray Carney
African-American Material, Visual, and Literary Culture on the World Wide Web
innovative approach to exploring cultural expression over many forms
September 2006
Visual Ethnography and Anthropology Links
of interest to anyone interested in documentary
July 2006
Jennifer Mapes
photographer and geographer studying small towns
political blog
deals with visual culture
BrickBurner.org
thoughtful politically oriented blog
World changing, greens, sustainability
by 25 othersfocus on collaboration, with the tools around us
