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Film, Video Looking at Pictures: An Invitation to the Prints and Photographs Collections at the Library of Congress

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Title

  • Looking at Pictures: An Invitation to the Prints and Photographs Collections at the Library of Congress

Summary

  • Barbara Orbach Natanson provides an overview of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division holdings and tips for exploring the collections. Using the example of National Child Labor Committee photos by Lewis Hine, she discusses some questions to ask when interpreting pictures and demonstrates some of the illuminating interconnections that can be found among the array of materials in the collections.

Event Date

  • July 07, 2009

Notes

  • -  This recording is not available.
  • -  Barbara Orbach Natanson is Head of the Prints and Photographs Division Reference Section at the Library of Congress.

Running Time

  • 6 minutes 18 seconds

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