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Hopkins, Douglas, circa 1984 May 21-25

 File — Box: Mixed pav_9, cassette: 3.14 A-B

Scope and Contents

Douglas Hopkins discusses his career as a freelance fashion photographer. Much of his presentation focuses on the arc of his education, specifically the influence of Minor White and his experience photographing volcanoes for NASA. He follows with a slideshow of his work, discussing how photographs are experienced by the viewer.

Dates

  • circa 1984 May 21-25

Extent

1 1/4 inch Audio Cassette (00:50:52 duration)

Biographical / Historical

Douglas Hopkins is an American photographer raised in Alaska and Boston. Trained in physics and German literature, Hopkins photographed volcanoes at MIT’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences before working as a freelance photographer for Vogue, Rolling Stone, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He later served as an instructor of photography at The New School.