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Arts > Photo > USA > Paul Kwilecki 1928-2009
(Understandings) Decatur County Court House Paul Kwilecki (1928-2009) Item ID kwlph010010010 Duke University > Digital collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki_kwlph010010010/ http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki/
Marriage in the ordinary's office, 1981 Apr. Decatur County Court House Paul Kwilecki (1928-2009) Item ID kwlph010010170 Duke University > Digital collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki_kwlph010010170/ http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki/
Two women (head shot) in front of tobacco barn, 1966 (Understandings) Paul Kwilecki (1928-2009) Item ID kwlph080010240 Duke University > Digital collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki_kwlph080010240/ http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki/
Three workers resting on benches under shade, 1965 Caption by photographer (Kwilecki): "Workers resting in field. They are in the process of stringing the plants up." Paul Kwilecki (1928-2009) Item ID kwlph080010200 Duke University > Digital collections http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki_kwlph080010200/ http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/kwilecki/
Paul Kwilecki 1928-2009
Paul Kwilecki’s day job was running a hardware store, but his passion was documenting his hometown, Decatur County, Ga.
In the 1960s, the self-taught photographer wrote to such luminaries as Ansel Adams and David Vestal, hoping to get an honest assessment of his work.
Adams suggested he go for deeper tones of black.
Vestal suggested he go deeper into his passion.
“I know that to do the kind of work I want to do,” Vestal wrote, “photography can’t be a pastime or hobby.”
To the dismay of his wife, Mr. Kwilecki took that advice, selling his store in 1975 and devoting himself to detailing life in his hometown until he died in 2009 at the age of 81.
He was fascinated by all aspects of Decatur County, especially its black agricultural farmers and working-class residents. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/a-life-sold-on-photography/
https://repository.duke.edu/dc/kwilecki
https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/
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