New Website - William Gedney Photographs and Writings

[Stephen Miller]

The Digital Scriptorium and the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library are pleased to announce the completion of the
William Gedney Photographs and Writings Website:

     http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/gedney/

>From the mid 1950s through the early 1980s, William Gedney (1932-1989)
photographed throughout the United States, in India, and in Europe. When he
died in 1989, he left an extensive archive of his life's work, which now
resides at the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at
Duke University.  Funded in part by a grant from the Institute for Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) and representing over a year of work by project
staff and Duke students, the William Gedney Photographs and Writings Website
includes extensive selections from Gedney's finished prints, work prints,
contact sheets, notes, notebooks, handmade photographic books, book dummies,
and correspondence.  Over 4900 photographic images are included, as well as
over 1200 images of writings and notebooks, and over 270 images representing
nine digitized photographic book projects. Eight of Gedney's notebooks have
been fully transcribed and are available as both text and images, and a
typescript is available as electronic text.  All are searchable and
browsable in a variety of ways, and the site includes extensive background
information on William Gedney's life, work, and the subjects of his
photography.  The site represents possibly the largest catalog of an
individual photographer's life and work available on the Internet today.

Technical information helpful to those considering or planning similar
digital imaging projects is also included in the site.

Visit the William Gedney Photographs and Writings site at:

     http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/gedney/


Stephen Miller
Project Manager, William Gedney Photographs and Writings
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Duke University