Father-Son Team Enrolls in the 2009 Audio Institute Together from Center for Documentary Studies on Vimeo.
cds summer audio institute
Jim (father) and Will Pontarelli (son) traveled from Rhode Island to take the summer 2009 audio institute together. In this short video clip, they discuss their experiences at what is affectionately known as “radio camp” — from learning ProTools to exploring Durham’s Watts-Hillandale neighborhood. iPhone video by Christopher Sims.
Summer audio institute students preparing their documentary pieces about the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood in Durham. iPhone photograph by Christopher Sims.
local audio docs: watts-hillandale neighborhood in durham
July 25, 9:30 a.m.–noon
North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham
Twelve teams of CDS students will each present their audio documentaries (5-8 minutes) about the Watts Hospital–Hillandale neighborhood. These presentations will be followed by a neighborhood potluck picnic on the lawn, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the school’s picnic area on the corner of Maryland Avenue and West Club Boulevard. Bring a dish to share with others. Plates and utensils will be provided. Additional details.
Peach trees in bloom, Main Family Farm, Good Humus Produce, Capay, California. Photograph by Alix Lowrey Blair.
five farms: stories of american farm families
capay, california
photographs by alix lowrey blair
“unnatural borders, open wounds: the human landscape of pakistan”
by teru kuwayama and christian parenti
winners of the dorothea lange-paul taylor prize
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University has awarded the nineteenth Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize to photographer Teru Kuwayama and writer Christian Parenti, both Americans. The $20,000 award is given to encourage collaboration in documentary work in the tradition of acclaimed American photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. Lange and Taylor worked together for many years, most notably on fieldwork that resulted in American Exodus (1941), a seminal work in documentary studies.