Christopher W Sims
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy
His recent exhibitions include shows at SF Camerawork, Cambridge University, the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. His project on Guantanamo Bay was featured in The Washington Post, the BBC World Service, Roll Call, and Flavorwire. He was selected as the recipient of the Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers in 2010, chosen as one of the "new Superstars of Southern Art" by the Oxford American magazine in 2012, awarded the Arte Laguna Prize in Photographic Art in 2015, and named an Archie Green Fellow at the U.S. Library of Congress in 2017.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2021
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2022
Contact Information
- 1317 W Pettigrew St, Durham, NC 27705
- Box 90802, Durham, NC 27708-0802
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csims@duke.edu
(919) 660-3689
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http://www.chrissimsprojects.com/
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art 2008
- Recognition
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In the News
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MAY 23, 2023 Duke Today -
SEP 29, 2021 Sanford School of Public Policy -
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FEB 6, 2019 Mebane Enterprise -
SEP 7, 2017 Oxford American -
AUG 23, 2017 Atlas Obscura -
JUL 15, 2014 Aperture Foundation blog -
APR 14, 2014 Leesville Daily Leader -
JUN 6, 2012 Duke Magazine -
MAR 4, 2010 Prison Photography -
AUG 15, 2009 Boston Globe -
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MAR 12, 2009 Flavorwire -
FEB 13, 2009 The Washington Post -
FEB 12, 2009 Daily Serving: An International Forum for the Contemporary Visual Arts
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Awards & Honors
- Top 5% Instructor Teaching Excellence Award. Dean of Academic Affairs, Duke University. 2019
- Arts and Media Program Curriculum Enrichment Award. Duke Performances / Language. 2018
- Short List. FestFoto. Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2018
- Short List. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival. 2018
- Short List. RADAR Prize. Spain. 2016
- Arte Laguna Prize for Photographic Art. Premio Arte Laguna. 2015
- Photography Award. Duke Initiative for Science & Society. 2015
- Short List. Athens Photo Festival. 2012
- “100 Under 100: Superstar of Southern Art”. Oxford American. 2012
- Short List. Forward Thinking Museum. 2011
- Baum Award for Emerging American Photographer. Baum Foundation / SF Camerawork. 2010. 2010
- Critical Mass Book Award Finalist. Photolucida. 2009
- Selected. Review Santa Fe. 2009
- Best Photography of the Year. PDN Photography Annual. 2008
- Best Photography of the Year. PDN Photography Annual. 2007
- Flash Forward Honorable Mention. Magenta Foundation. 2007
- Critical Mass Top 50. Photolucida. 2006
- Best Photography of the Year. PDN Photography Annual. 2003
- Judge’s Award. Julie Saul, Julie Saul Gallery. American Society of Media Photographers–New York. 2003
- Benenson Award. Institute of the Arts, Duke University. 1995
- Julie Harper Day Prize in Documentary Studies. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. 1995
- Research Award. Center for International Studies at Duke University. 1992
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Teaching
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- NEH Sports and Society awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 2014 - 2015
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Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Seed Grant: Center for Documentary Studies Anti-Racism Instructor Preparatory Academy awarded by Duke Office of Faculty Advancement 2021
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Blue Mud: Experiences of Race in Alamance County, North Carolina awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
- Duke India Initiative Faculty Grant for "Imaginary Landscapes: Teachers-Students-Artists" awarded by Duke University 2019
- Office of the Provost Cognate Training Grant for "Book Design and Typography" awarded by Duke University 2019
- Global Seed Grant awarded by Franklin Humanities Institute and the Office of Global Affairs/Mellon Global Enhancement Fund. Duke University 2019
- Rubenstein Arts Center Residency for Chandan Gomes for “This World of Dew” awarded by Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University 2019
- Faculty Research Grant awarded by Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University 2019
- Duke India Initiative Faculty Grant for "Documentary Photography from India" awarded by Duke University 2018
- International Studies Grant awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund 2018
- Archie Green Fellowship awarded by American Folklife Center, U.S. Library of Congress 2017
- Publication Grant awarded by Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts 2017
- RIPP Fellowships in the Documentary Arts awarded by Duke University 2016
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2016
- Paletz Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2016
- Language, Arts and Media Program Course Grant for “Web Design and Narrative” awarded by Duke University 2016
- Arts and Sciences Faculty Assessment Committee Grant awarded by Duke University 2016
- Humanities Writ Large “New Configurations” (pilot) awarded by Duke University 2016
- Humanities Writ Large Summer Documentary Fellows Program awarded by Duke University 2016
- Artists and Architects Study Grant awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2016
- International Studies Grant awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund 2016
- Faculty Research Grant awarded by Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University 2016
- Humanities Writ Large “New Configurations” awarded by Duke University 2016 - 2017
- Teaching for Equity Fellow awarded by Duke University 2016 - 2017
- Bacca Fellow awarded by Duke University 2016 - 2017
- Regional Artist Grant awarded by ArtsGreensboro 2015
- Collaboration Development Grant awarded by Council for the Arts, Duke University 2015
- Betsy Alden Service-Learning Award for Faculty awarded by Duke University 2015
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course Grant for “Web Design and Communication” awarded by Duke University 2015
- Paletz Course Enhancement Grant for “Web Design and Communication” awarded by Duke University 2015
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2015
- Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2015
- Paletz Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2015
- RIPP Fellowships in the Documentary Arts awarded by Duke University 2015
- Humanities Writ Large Summer Documentary Fellows Program awarded by Duke University 2015
- Goethe-Institut Fellowship awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2015
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Multimedia Documentary” awarded by Duke University 2014
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2014
- Duke Service-Learning Fellow awarded by Duke University 2014 - 2015
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Farmworkers in North Carolina” awarded by Duke University 2013
- Service-Learning Course Enhancement Grant for “Multimedia Documentary” awarded by Duke University 2013
- Marty Forscher Fellowship Honorable Mention awarded by Parsons School of Design and PDN 2007
- Grant awarded by Puffin Foundation 2006
- Fellowship awarded by Maryland Institute College of Art 2005 - 2008
- National Fellowship awarded by Houston Center for Photography 2003
- Graduate Research Grant in Photography awarded by Center for the Study of the American South. UNC–Chapel Hill 2002
- Park Fellowship awarded by UNC–Chapel Hill 2001 - 2003
- Small Project Grant for Artists awarded by D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2000
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External Relationships
- Ann Stewart Fine Art
- E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
- U.S. Embassy Berlin
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Sims, Christopher. The Pretend Villages: Inside the U.S. Military Training Grounds. Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer Verlag, 2021.
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Kolga Photo 2018. Tbilisi, Georgia: Kolga Tsilisi Photo Festival, 2018.
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Long, Mark, and Mark Sloan, eds. Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South. Charleston, SC: Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 2018.
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Paulenka, Marina, ed. New Citizens. Zagreb, Croatia: Organ Vida Photography Festival, 2017.
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FotoFest 2010. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Schilt Publishing, 2010.
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Oldfield, Pippa, ed. Bringing the War Home. Bradford, United Kingdom: Impressions Gallery, 2010.
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Swierstra, Sjors, ed. Warzone. The Netherlands: Noorderlicht Photofestival, 2010.
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Ryan, Kathy, ed. American Photography 20. New York: Amilus, 2004.
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Thompson, Charles Dillard, and Melinda Wiggins. The Human Cost of Food Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.
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Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at Lake City Creative Alliance, Lake City, SC. 2021
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN. 2020
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at LSU Museum of Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. 2020
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at Meridian Museum of Art and The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, Meridian, MS. 2020
- Selections | Anthropocene Refugees at FestFoto Brazil, Iberê Camargo Foundation. Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2019
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NC State University, and Power Plant Gallery, Duke University. Raleigh and Durham, NC. 2019
- Selections | The Big Reveal: Telling Truth in an Age of Fiction at CENTER / El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe. Sante Fe, NM. 2019
- 'Genres in Transit: Frontier Photography' | at FestFoto Brazil, Iberê Camargo Foundation. Porto Alegre, Brazil 2018
- Selections | Across County Lines: Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Durham, NC 2018
- Selections | Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival at Tbilisi, Georgia 2018
- Selections | Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, and City Gallery at Waterfront Park. Charleston, SC. 2018
- Selections | Artificial Things at Cambridge University. Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2017
- Selections | New Citizens at Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Arts. Zagreb, Croatia. 2017
- Hohenfels und Grafenwöhr | tête at Berlin, Germany. 2016
- 'Guantánamo Bay' and 'The Library at Camp Delta' | at Davis Library, UNC–Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. 2015
- Selections from ‘Theater of War’ | Scope Miami Art Fair at Clark Gallery. Miami, FL. 2015
- Selections | Inspired by Nature: Photographs from the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation at Wegner Gallery, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Durham, NC. 2015
- Selections | Director’s Cut: Recent Photography Gifts to the NCMA at North Carolina Museum of Art. Raleigh, NC. 2015
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Northeastern University. Boston, MA. 2015
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC. 2015
- Selections | Science & Society Photography at Duke Initiative for Science and Society, North Building, Duke University. Durham, NC. 2015
- Selections | The Arte Laguna Prize at Nappe Arsenale. Venice, Italy. 2015
- 'Guantánamo Bay' | at University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery (Co-Sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University). Providence, RI. 2014
- 'Remote Sites of War' | at The Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University. Cullowhee, NC. 2014
- 'Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan' | at Alexandria Museum of Art. Alexandria, LA. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Gallery. Miami, FL. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Tulane University / Ashe Cultural Center. New Orleans, LA. 2014
- Selections | ArtFields Art Festival at Lake City, SC. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Café Gallery, University of Brighton. Brighton, UK. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Little Haiti Cultural Center. Miami, FL. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Minnesota History Center. St. Paul, MN. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Rayburn House Office Building Foyer, U.S. Capitol. Washington, DC. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Studio–X Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum. Pensacola, FL. 2014
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery. Providence, RI. 2014
- 'Dress Rehearsal' | at Sumter County Gallery of Art. Sumter, SC. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Douglass Library, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ. 2013
- Selections | Connections: Artists Invited by Meredith College Art Faculty at Meredith College. Raleigh, NC. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at California Museum of Photography. Riverside, CA. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Cultural Arts Gallery, Indiana University–Purdue University. Indianapolis, IN. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Greensboro, NC. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at NYU London. London, England. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Phoenix Public Library. Phoenix, AZ. 2013
- Selections | In Practice: Work by Duke Arts Faculty at Power Plant Gallery, Duke University. Durham, NC. 2013
- Selections | Photography as Witness: The Charged Landscape of the 21st Century at The State University of New York–Geneseo. Geneseo, NY. 2013
- Selections | Guantánamo Public Memory Project at Kimmel Windows Gallery, New York University. New York, NY. 2012
- Selections | Contemporary Myths at Phodar Biennial. Pleven, Bulgaria. 2011
- Selections | Discoveries of the Meeting Place at RedLine. Denver, CO. 2011
- Selections | In Review: War—Ed Grazda, Louie Palu, Lucian Perkins, and Christopher Sims at Southeast Museum of Photography. Daytona Beach, FL. 2011
- Selections | Louisiana Purchase at Louisiana Tech University School of Art. Ruston, LA. 2011
- Selections | Nine Visions at Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History. Danville, VA. 2011
- 'Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan' | at Texas Tech University School of Art. Lubbock, TX 2010
- Selections | Bringing the War Home at Impressions Gallery. Bradford, United Kingdom. 2010
- Selections | Discoveries of the Meeting Place at FotoFest Biennial. Houston, TX. 2010
- Selections | Discoveries of the Meeting Place at XIV Bienal de Fotografia, Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico. 2010
- Selections | Game Play at Criss Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Omaha, NE. 2010
- Selections | Seeing Is Believing at Concord Art Association / Clark Gallery. Concord, MA. 2010
- Selections | The Baum Award at SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA 2010
- Selections | Warzone at Noorderlicht Photofestival. Leeuwarde, The Netherlands. 2010
- 'Dana Fritz and Christopher Sims' | at Griffin Museum of Photography. Winchester, MA. 2009
- 'Guantánamo Bay' | Civilian Art Projects at Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC. 2009
- 'Guantánamo Bay' | Special installation in conjunction with the premiere of 'Explorer: Inside Guantánamo' at National Geographic Society. Washington, DC. 2009
- 'War on Terror: Inside/Out—Photographs by Christopher Sims and Stacy Pearsall' | at Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. Charleston, SC. 2009
- Selections | Act of Faith at Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen. Koksijde, Belgium. 2009
- Selections | Annuale at Light Factory. Charlotte, NC. 2009
- Selections | Photolucida’s Critical Mass at Photo Center Northwest. Seattle, WA. 2009
- 'Theater of War: The Pretend Villages of Iraq and Afghanistan' | at Center for the Study of the American South, UNC– Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. 2008
- 'Thesis Exhibition' | at Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore, MD. 2008
- Selections | Act of Faith at School of Humanities and Journalism. Poznan, Poland. 2008
- Selections | Act of Faith at Warsaw School of Social Psychology. Warsaw, Poland. 2008
- Selections | Pastime at Civilian Art Projects. Washington, DC. 2008
- Selections | Unite and Untie at Houston Center for Photography. Houston, TX. 2008
- Selections | Virtual Army Experience at North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Traveling exhibition to multiple venues in North Carolina. 2008
- Selections | 5th Photographic Image Biennial at W.B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University. Greenville, NC. 2007
- Selections | Act of Faith at Noorderlicht Photofestival. Groningen, The Netherlands. 2007
- Selections | Faculty and Staff Exhibition at Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University. Durham, NC. 2007
- Selections | Photo Grids at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Winston-Salem, NC. 2007
- Selections | Photography Triennial Exhibition at Gregg Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. 2007
- Selections | Slow Exposures at R.F. Strickland Building. Concord, GA. 2007
- Selections | Spectra ’07 at Silvermine Guild Arts Center. New Canaan, CT. 2007
- Selections | 80th Photography Exhibition at The Print Center. Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Stephen Pinson, Curator of Photography, New York Public Library. 2006
- Selections | Discovering Contemporary Art in the Carolinas at Fayetteville Museum of Art. Fayetteville, NC. Juried by Mark Sloan, Director, Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston. Juror Award. 2006
- 'Homefronts' | at Showcase School of Photography. Atlanta, GA. 2005
- Selections | 25th Annual North Carolina Photographers Juried Exhibition at Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College. Raleigh, NC. Juried by Philip Brookman, Corcoran Gallery of Art. Juror Award. 2005
- Selections | Fellowship 2005 at Silver Eye Center for Photography. Pittsburgh, PA. Juried by Lesley Martin, Executive Editor, Books, Aperture Foundation. Juror Award. 2005
- Selections | Focused at Photographic Center Northwest. Seattle, WA. Juried by Mary Virginia Swanson. 2005
- Selections | National Photography Exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery. New York, NY. Juried by Richard B. Woodward. 2005
- Selections | The Lensless Image: Contemporary Pinhole Photography at Upstairs Gallery. Tryon, NC. 2005
- 'Recruit' | at John Hope Franklin Center Main Gallery, Duke University. Durham, NC. 2004
- Selections | 24th Annual North Carolina Photographers Juried Exhibition at Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College. Raleigh, NC. Juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Juror Award. 2004
- Selections | 4th National Juried Exhibition at Stepping Stone Gallery. Huntington, NY. Juried by Andrea Modica. 2004
- Selections | Fellowship 2004 at Silver Eye Center for Photography. Pittsburgh, PA. Juried by Tom E. Hinson, Cleveland Museum of Art. Juror Award. 2004
- Selections | Fellowship Exhibition at Houston Center for Photography. Houston, TX. 2004
- Selections | Texas Photographic Society 13th National Competition at Design Center of Austin. Austin, TX. Juried by Sue Brisk, Magnum Photos. Juror Award. 2004
- Selections | 49th Annual Juried Art Show at Durham Art Guild. Durham, NC. Juried by Fay Gold, Fay Gold Gallery. 2003
- Selections | Carolina Union Gallery at UNC–Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. 2003
- Selections | Image 2003 at Jay Hawkins Gallery. New York, NY. 2003
- Selections | American Identities at State University of New York–Potsdam. Potsdam, NY. 2000
- Selections | Carried to the Heart: Faith and Doubt in Contemporary Southern Photography at Millsaps College. Jackson, MS. 1999
- 'Photographs from the Parish of the Immaculate Conception Church' | at Durham Art Guild. Durham, NC 1998
- Selections | Fields Without Borders at Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Durham, NC. Traveling exhibition. 1998
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
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Digital Media
- Website: Chris Sims Projects (chrissimsprojects.com). Designer. 2015
- Website: Field Recordings (field-recordings.org). Designer, Producer. 2014
- Website: Power Plant Gallery (powerplantgallery.org). Designer, Producer. 2014
- Website: Remixing Folklore (remixing-folklore.com). Designer, Producer. 2014
- Webpage: Contested (sportsproject.org). Designer, Producer. 2013
- Website: Jill McCorkle (jillmccorkle.com). Designer. 2013
- Webpage: First Book Prize in Photography (firstbookprizephoto.com). Designer, Producer. 2012
- Webpage: MFAEDA Viewfinder (mfaeda.org). Designer, Editor, Producer. 2012
- Website: CDS Books (cdsbooks.org). Designer. 2012
- Website: Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (documentarystudies.duke.edu). Designer, Editor, Producer, Writer. 2012
- Website: E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation (eowilsonfoundation.org). Designer, Editor, Producer, Writer. 2012
- Website: Full Color Depression (fullcolordepression.com). Designer. 2012
- Website: Groundwork (groundworkproject.org). Designer, Producer. 2012
- Website: Visual Storytelling (visualstorytellingonline.org). Designer. 2012
- Webpage: True/Story Lab (documentarywriting.org). Editor, Producer. 2011
- Website: American Studies (jim-dow-american-studies.org). Designer, Editor. 2011
- Website: Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (mfaeda.duke.edu). Designer, Editor, Producer. 2011
- Website: CDS Porch (cdsporch.org). Designer, Producer. 2010
- Website: Reality Radio (realityradiobook.org). Designer. 2010
- Website: The Art of Farming (farmingdocumentaries.org). Editor, Producer, Writer. 2010
- Website: Travels with Mike (travelswithmike.org). Designer, Editor. 2010
- Website: Five Farms (fivefarms.com). Designer, Editor, Producer. 2009
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Exhibits
- "Capturing the City." tête. Berlin, Germany. Curator. 2016
- "A Positive Life." Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Durham, NC. Curator. 1999
- "On the Plains: Photographs by Peter Brown." Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Durham, NC. Curator. 1999
- "Vietnam: A Book of Changes by Mitch Epstein and Vietnamese: Family Legacies by Howard Henry Chen and Minh-Thu Pham." Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Durham, NC. Curator. 1998
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Films
- Shock Room. Photographer. 2015
- Biodiversity and the Meaning of Human Existence. Director. 2014
- MEMO Project at Buckingham Palace. Editor. 2014
- CDS Undergraduate Education. Producer. 2013
- Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin. Editor. 2013
- Inspired by Nature. Director, Editor. 2013
- The Long Road to Integration: The 1969 Allen Building Takeover. Editor, Producer. 2013
- Photographing in the Key of C. Director. 2010
- An Army, One by One. Director. 2005
- Cruceros y Caminos. Producer. 1996
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Photographs
- Photos in “Forgetting Guantánamo, Again.” The Design Observer Group. Photographer. 2013
- Photos in “The Ark Builders.” Financial Times Sunday Magazine. Photographer. 2013
- Portrait of Natasha Trethewey in The Southern Quarterly: A Journal of Arts & Letters in the South. Summer 2013, Volume 50, Number 4. Photographer. 2013
- Photos in “The Visual South, Part I: Unseen Scenes of Guantánamo.” NPR’s The Picture Show. Photographer. 2012
- Photos in the Oxford American. Issue 76. Photographer. 2012
- Photos in “Beyond the South.” South x Southeast. Photographer. 2012
- Photos in “In Pictures: Guantánamo Bay.” Contexts: Journal of the American Sociological Association. Spring 2012. Photographer. 2012
- Photos in “In Pictures: Bringing the War Home.” BBC News UK. Photographer. 2010
- Photos in "Mull it Over." Jonathan Cherry, ed. Photographer. 2010
- Photos in “Christopher Sims: The Virtual Army Experience.” Verve. Photographer. 2010
- Photos in “HHS! Contender: Christopher Sims.” The Hey, Hot Shot! Blog. By Alan Rapp. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in "Loupe." Photographic Resource Center of Boston University. Dana Faconti, Blind Spot Editor and Publisher, ed. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in "Man and Space: Magazine of the Croatian Architect’s Association." Number 1–2. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in New Works Gallery Online. Silver Eye Center for Photography. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in “Guantánamo Bay: The Other Side of Gitmo.” Mother Jones Web Feature. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in “Guantánamo Photos.” BBC World Service: The Strand. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in “Picture Show: Guantánamo Bay.” Good Magazine Web Feature. Photographer. 2009
- Photos in Podcast. Daylight Magazine. Photographer. 2008
- Photos in "PDN". Photographer. 2007
- Photos in "Basic Training." NC State Alumni Magazine. Photographer. 2007
- Photos in “Practicing Justice.” Duke Magazine. Photographer. 2006
- Photos in “Married to the Military.” American RadioWorks Website. Photographer. 2005
- Photos in "American Photography on Campus". Photographer. 2003
- Photos in "PDN" . Photographer. 2003
- Photos in “An Army, One by One.” Sixbillion.org. Issue 2. Photographer. 2003
- Photos in "Image: A Journal of Arts and Religion". Photographer. 1999
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- ARTSVIS 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2023
- DOCST 89S: First Year Seminar 2023
- DOCST 101: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2023
- DOCST 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2023
- DOCST 191: Independent Study 2023
- DOCST 480S: Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies 2023
- GERMAN 222SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2023
- ICS 111: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2023
- MFAEDA 792: Thesis Project Workshop 2023
- PUBPOL 391: Independent Study 2023
- PUBPOL 890: Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy 2023
- VMS 103: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2023
- VMS 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2023
- ARTSVIS 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2022
- DOCST 101: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2022
- DOCST 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2022
- DOCST 480S: Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies 2022
- GERMAN 222SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2022
- ICS 111: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2022
- LS 760: Selected Topics 2022
- LS 890: Special Readings 2022
- MFAEDA 792: Thesis Project Workshop 2022
- PUBPOL 890: Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy 2022
- VMS 103: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2022
- VMS 171SA: Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin 2022
- ARTSVIS 364S: Web Design and Narrative: Artists, Documentarians, Art Historians, and Entrepreneurs 2021
- DOCST 101: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2021
- DOCST 354S: Web Design and Narrative: Artists, Documentarians, Art Historians, and Entrepreneurs 2021
- DOCST 480S: Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies 2021
- ICS 111: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2021
- ISS 354S: Web Design and Narrative: Artists, Documentarians, Art Historians, and Entrepreneurs 2021
- LS 760: Selected Topics 2021
- MFAEDA 792: Thesis Project Workshop 2021
- PUBPOL 890: Advanced Special Topics in Public Policy 2021
- VMS 103: Traditions in Documentary Studies 2021
- VMS 364S: Web Design and Narrative: Artists, Documentarians, Art Historians, and Entrepreneurs 2021
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Teaching Activities
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2018-present, Core Faculty, MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, Duke University.
2016-present, Faculty, Duke-in-Berlin (summer).
2013-present, Lecturing Fellow in the Documentary Arts, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
2005-present, Undergraduate Teaching, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.First Year Seminar / Multimedia Documentary / Documentary Engagement / Farmworkers in North Carolina / Documentary Photography and the Southern Cultural Landscape / Web Design and Narrative / Capstone Seminar / Capturing the City: Documentary Photography in Berlin / Traditions in Documentary Studies / Independent Studies.
Courses cross-listed with Art, Art History, & Visual Studies; Cultural Anthropology; German; Information Science + Information Studies; and Public Policy Studies.
Community partnerships with Music Maker Relief Foundation, North Carolina Folklife Institute, and Student Action with Farmworkers.
2001–2010, Continuing Education, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University / Duke Continuing Studies.Advanced Photography Seminar / Photography and the Holocaust / Multimedia Production / Web Design.
1994–1997, Summer workshop training for undergraduates interning at health, education, and labor organizations serving migrant farmworkers in North Carolina and South Carolina.
1995–1996, Lecturing Fellow, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Artist Talk. Regensburg European American Forum. University of Regensburg. 2019 2019
- Artist Talk. Łódź Photography Festival. 2019 2019
- Artist Talk. 8th Hamburg Photography Triennial. 2018 2018
- Artist Talk. “Beyond the Documentary” Conference. Organ Vida. 2017 2017
- Artist Talk. Service-Learning Conference. Duke University. 2016 2016
- Artist Talk. AUMLAC Southern Studies Conference. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Davis Library. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Duke Conversations. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Duke University Alumni Association. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Friends of the Library. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Reykjavik Museum of Photography. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Studio-X Istanbul. 2015 2015
- Artist Talk. Alexandria Museum of Art. 2014 2014
- Artist Talk. Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, Brown University. 2014 2014
- Artist Talk. The Fine Art Museum. 2014 2014
- Artist Talk. Sumter County Gallery of Art. 2013 2013
- Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos". North Carolina Statewide Folklife Festival. 2013 2013
- Screening of "Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin". University College Dublin Science Expression Film Festival. National Botanic Gardens. 2013 2013
- Screening of "Inspired by Nature". National Park Service 2013 Conference. National Park Service. 2013 2013
- Artist Talk. Frank Gallery. 2012 2012
- Artist Talk. Southeast Museum of Photography. 2011 2011
- Artist Talk. FotoFest. 2010 2010
- Artist Talk. SF Camerawork. 2010 2010
- Artist Talk. Swords to Ploughshares. 2010 2010
- Artist Talk. Civilian Art Projects. 2009 2009
- Artist Talk. Georgia College and State University. 2009 2009
- Artist Talk. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. 2009 2009
- Artist Talk. Houston Center for Photography. 2009 2009
- Artist Talk. Civilian Art Projects. 2008 2008
- Artist Talk. Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. 2007 2007
- Screening of " An Army, One by One". Finalist, Moving Image Arts Festival. Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University School of Law. 2005 2005
- Artist Talk. Society for Photographic Education Southeast Conference. 2004 2004
- Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos". DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival. 2001 2001
- Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos". Duke University. 1996 1996
- Screening of "Cruceros y Caminos". Sampson Community College. 1996 1996
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Service to the Profession
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Service to Duke
- Duke University. Judge, Duke University Employee Art Show. 2013 2013
- Duke University. LINK Media Wall Exhibition Selection Committee. 2009 - 2013 2009 - 2013
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography Review Committee. 2003 - 2015 2003 - 2015
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize Selection Committee. 2003 - 2019 2003 - 2019
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards Selection Committee. 2003 - 2019 2003 - 2019
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program Selection Committee. 2003 - 2019 2003 - 2019
- Duke University. Freewater Productions Grant Selection Committee. 1998 1998
- Duke University. Director, Duke University Documentary Film/Video Happening Organizing Committee. 1996 - 1999 1996 - 1999
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Academic & Administrative Activities
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2017, Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fall semester.
2016, Visiting Scientist (Summer). Centre for Contemporary History (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung). Potsdam, Germany.
2014–present, Undergraduate Education Director. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2013–2014, Web Production Director. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2013–present, Director of Video and Web Projects. E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, Durham, NC.
2011–present, Contributing Photographer / Interviewer. Guantánamo Public Memory Project, Columbia University, New York, NY.
2003–2013, Web Content Manager. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
2002–2003, Art Director. Carolina Communicator. UNC–Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC.
1999–2001, Photo Archivist. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.
1996–1999, Exhibitions and Public Programs Coordinator. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC.
1995, Documentary Coordinator. Student Action with Farmworkers, Durham, NC.
1994, Photographer/Public Relations Intern. Farmworkers’ Project, Benson, NC.
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