From the Camera to the Web: DOCUMERICA’s 30- Year Journey Jerry Simmons, Archives Specialist...
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From the Camera to the Web: From the Camera to the Web: DOCUMERICA’s 30-Year JourneyDOCUMERICA’s 30-Year Journey
Jerry Simmons, Archives SpecialistJerry Simmons, Archives SpecialistNational Archives and Records AdministrationNational Archives and Records Administration
College Park, MarylandCollege Park, Maryland
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Oil slick on New York Harbor at Liberty Island, May 1973, by Chester Higgins
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New York City subway graffiti (Erik Calonius)
Signs advertising clean air to breath inColorado, May 1972, by Bill Gillette
Land for sale on Marathon Key, Florida, by Flip Schulke
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DOCUMERICA captured the nationwide crisis,DOCUMERICA captured the nationwide crisis,
John’s Island, South Carolina
Gulf Coast beach
Jamaica Bay
East Boston
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the controversy,the controversy,
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the upbeat and positive,the upbeat and positive,
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and sometimes, the downright creepy.and sometimes, the downright creepy.
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Gifford D. Hampshire, Father of DOCUMERICA
Gifford D. Hampshire (far right) with Farm Security AdministrationVeteran photographers Arthur Rothstein (left) andRoy Stryker (center), ca. 1974Courtesy of the Gifford D. Hampshire Family, Fairfax, Va.
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Hampshire’s guidelines for DOCUMERICA photographers:
… your first principal guideline is to establish a 1972 baseline of the environmentalproblems and accomplishments in the geographical area assigned to you.
Sailing on Chesapeake Bay, July 1973, by Mike Lien
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Hampshire’s guidelines for DOCUMERICA photographers:
Your secondary guideline is to look for pictures wherever you are, for whatever purpose.Where you see people, there's an environmental element to which they are connected.The great DOCUMERICA pictures will show the connection and what it means.
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48 states, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico …48 states, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico …
Mountains of Western Maine by Charles Steinhacker
House decoration inKey West, Florida byFlip Schulke
Pineapple plantation workerHenry Aki near Lanai City, Hawaiiby Charles O’Rear
View of Mount Drum, Alaska, near the point of the proposedOil pipeline crossing, by Dennis Cowals
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Well known U.S. photographers contribute:Well known U.S. photographers contribute:
David Hiser
Charles O’Rear
Danny Lyon
Arthur Tress
Bill Gillette
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DOCUMERICA on exhibit and on the road …
Numerous local viewings of early images introduce the American publicto the EPA’s documentary project.
Gifford Hampshire (left), Bill Ruckelshaus, first EPA administrator(center) and Tom Hart, EPA staffer (right) at the EPA offices, Oct. 1974
DOCUMERICA exhibit, ca. 1973:Pictured are (L-R): S. Dillon Ripley, Russell Train, Ann Dore and Gifford Hampshire
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Images of America’s environmental and social crisis in vivid color:
Pollution in the air and water, deforestation, strip mining, and urban sprawl gounchecked …
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Images of hope for the future … civic concern, government action andpersonal innovation give us hope for a brighter future.
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DOCUMERICA on exhibit and on the road …
Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) hosts the first formal exhibitioncalled Our Only World, August-September 1972. Featured photographs included:
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DOCUMERICA phases out, 1977-1979DOCUMERICA phases out, 1977-1979EPA administrators lose interest and funding evaporatesEPA administrators lose interest and funding evaporates
Love America, Stop Strip Mining, Oct. 1973,by Erik Calonius
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Center for Creative Photography(University of Arizona)
Gifford Hampshire seeks a Gifford Hampshire seeks a permanent home for the 20,000+ permanent home for the 20,000+ negatives, slides, prints and negatives, slides, prints and papers as early as 1976papers as early as 1976
In late 1979, EPA signs agreement In late 1979, EPA signs agreement to transfer the entire collection to to transfer the entire collection to CCPCCP
DOCUMERICA ships from Berkey DOCUMERICA ships from Berkey K&L in New York City to CCP in K&L in New York City to CCP in Jan. 1980Jan. 1980
15,900+ color transparencies, 15,900+ color transparencies, duplicates, fiche and supporting duplicates, fiche and supporting files, estimated value: $450,000files, estimated value: $450,000
DOCUMERICA’s time at CCP is DOCUMERICA’s time at CCP is short-lived, Jan. 1980 to May 1981short-lived, Jan. 1980 to May 1981
National Archives takes National Archives takes possession of DOCUMERICA in possession of DOCUMERICA in May 1981May 1981
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DOCUMERICA at NARA (College Park, Maryland)
Archives I, Washington, D.C.
Archives II,College Park, Maryland
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DOCUMERICA in ARC (Archival Research Catalog)
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
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DOCUMERICA in the era of social media (Web 2.0)DOCUMERICA in the era of social media (Web 2.0)
July 2009: NARA begins building a photostream on Flickr.com featuring several hundred imagesfrom DOCUMERICA
The Hitchhiker with his dog Trippertaken by Charles O’Rear along U.S. Route 66Near Topock, Arizona, May 1972