Please join us in welcoming the incoming Class of 2023 cohort of Duke University MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts. read more about Introducing the MFA|EDA Class of 2023 »
Jonna McKone (’15) is a producer on "All Light, Everywhere" which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film was awarded a Sundance Special Jury Award in Non-Fiction Experimentation. Jonna has also recently received a grant from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation as well as a fellowship at VisArts, and will have works on view at the Power Plant Gallery in September 2021. read more about "All Light, Everywhere" Wins Sundance Special Jury Award »
A Time of Youth: San Francisco 1966-1967, a new book of William Gedney photographs, was published in February of this year. Lisa McCarty (’13) edited the volume, and contributed the introduction, chronology, and afterword; Philip Gefter contributed the essay, Bill Gedney: A Time of Youth. We are proud and pleased to share here a conversation between Duke MFA|EDA alumnae, as photographer and Rubenstein Library Archive of Documentary Arts curatorial assistant Cassandra Klos (’20) interviews Lisa… read more about A Time of Youth: Lisa McCarty (’13) and Cassandra Klos (’20) »
“The ruins remain overgrown with castor plants, which can be, alternately, an excellent source of sustenance if cooked properly or a natural source of cyanide.” Read the full piece, I Name Charlotte, at https://www.southerncultures.org/article/i-name-charlotte/ read more about Tamika Galanis ('16) in Southern Cultures' Documentary Moment »
Deaf and blind nature and preservation photographer Matthew Cicanese is a National Geographic Explorer, associate fellow at the International League of Conservation Photographers and works with Canon USA. His first solo exhibit was at the Tampa International Airport. With his photo intern he’s founded a small agency that offers media production, brand strategy and consulting services for other photographers. https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/art-style/ read more about Matt Cicanese ('15) named to Forbes "30 Under 30" in the Arts »
William Gedney’s A Time of Youth finally makes its debut more than fifty years after its initial conception. The photographs were taken during Gedney’s Guggenheim Fellowship from 1966–67, as he wandered the streets of San Francisco capturing moments preceding the Summer of Love. Edited by Lisa McCarty ‘13, an alumna of Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, the newest monograph by Gedney is published by Duke University Press in conjunction with the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript… read more about William Gedney’s Photo Book “A Time of Youth,” Edited by Lisa McCarty MFA EDA ‘13 »
