Abstract:
The St. Edward's University (SEU) Austin Documentary Photography Project is a partnership between St. Edward's University and the Austin History Center. The collection consists primarily of digital photographs documenting various facets of the Austin area community by student photographers in the Bachelor of Arts in Photography and Media Arts program at St. Edward's University.
Copyright:
The Austin History Center (AHC) is the owner of the physical materials in the AHC collections and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the AHC before any publication use. The AHC does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Scope and Content:
St. Edward's University Austin Documentary Photography Project Collection consists primarily of digital photographs documenting various facets of the Austin area community as selected by the student photographers. In addition to the photographs, project statements from each of the photographers summarize their experience interviewing and documenting their subjects of interest. Themes represented in the photographs include housing and urban development, particularly on Burnet Road, changing demographics, arts and culture, funerary practices including natural burial, and youth addiction recovery. Collection highlights from the Spring 2019 documentary course include Ariah Alba's photographs documenting Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, and Islam in the Austin area, and Kaitlyn Dawson's documentation of independent theaters such as The Salvage Vanguard and Hyde Park theaters. Collection highlights from the 2020 documentary courses include Maia Medel's photographs of people experiencing homelessness in South Austin, and documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic from various community perpspectives taken by Brianna Garcia and Haydon Mayer,and Sam Stone's photographs of The Austin Wildlife Rescue (AWR).
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into a series for each class identified by the course name, number and date, which will expand annually to include each course donation. Original file structure was maintained. Born-digital materials are integrated into their corresponding series based on the creators. Some intellectual reorganization of the materials into folders was undertaken to allow the materials to be easily integrated into this system of arrangement. The material was ingested into the digital repository in original order.
Technical Requirements:
This collection contains JPEG, PNG, PDF and TIFF file formats. A photo and/or document software is required to access these materials such as Adobe Acrobat.Access to some digital content is only available through a dedicated workstation in the Austin History Center Reading Room. Select born digital materials are available for viewing through our digital collections portal.
Restrictions:
Open to all users.
Agent Name:
St. Edward's University (Austin, Tex.)
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Alamo Drafthouse
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Austin Natural Burial
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Congregation Agudas Achim
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King-Tears Mortuary
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Sitagu Buddha Vihara
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Nueces Mosque
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Austin Gudwara
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Hyde Park Theatre
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Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, Tex.)
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St. Edward's University (Austin, Tex.)
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Skelley, Anna
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Ayala, Mauro Alberto Ruiz
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Pierce, Sean
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McGrain, Ashley
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Hadden, Juliana Rae
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Girismen, Deniz
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Dawson, Kaitlyn
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Cunningham, Ryan
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Cox, Cassidie
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Armstrong, Brayden
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Amezcua, Sabrina Lucia
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Alba, Ariah
Subject:
Photographers -- Texas -- Austin
Subject:
Photography -- Texas -- Austin
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Small business -- Texas -- Austin
Subject:
Neighborhoods -- Texas -- Austin
Subject:
Documentary photography
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Architecture -- Texas -- Austin
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Judaism -- Texas -- Austin
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Buddhism -- Texas -- Austin
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Sikhism -- Texas -- Austin
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Islam -- Texas -- Austin
Subject:
Austin (Tex.) -- Pictorial works
Subject:
Digital images
Subject:
Photographs
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Color photographs
Subject:
/subjects/10180
Subject:
/subjects/9815
Extent (Number):
94.0
Extent (Type):
GB
Dates:
2019-2020
Beginning Date (Creation):
2019
Ending Date (Creation):
2020
