Southern Documentary Journal

The Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery is a colonial-era cemetery located in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the final resting place of many of Puerto Rico's most prominent natives and residents. Construction began in 1863. The cemetery is located outside the walls of Fort San Felipe del Morro fortress, one of the island's most famous landmarks. The average height of the wall is 40 feet, and the width ranges from 15 to…

Platinotype from the Floyd County, Virginia book project "What Happened?" Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Libary seeks a distinctive individual for a fellowship position in its Special Collections and Archives. This full-time temporary position will be responsible for arranging, inventorying, rehousing, and describing the Houck Medford Collection.  This position is a career-building opportunity where the successful candidate will have responsibility for processing a complex archival collection that includes physical and digital items.  The fellow…

What more could one ask for? Former North Carolina poet laureate Joseph Bathanti and renowned documentary artist Houck Medford will be celebrating the release of their new book, "Rising Meadow". The conservation farm of the same name "Rising Meadow Farm" and the American Farmland Trust will be hosts and honorees for the free event - Saturday, October 15. To register, click here!

  The impetus for this photograph was to capture a projected sky image of Against the Grain Farm's new heritage Scottish Highland Cows which have a horn spread of nearly six feet.  But today – no cows - only goats. The conversation then turned to the anticipated reaction of the goats to the ground camera.  Will they walk around it or will they walk over the top it? This photograph projects an unanticipated third outcome.…