Campus through your Lens: An Elizabeth Menzies Photography Project (Part 2 of 2)

This is Part 2 of a multi-session workshop that meets on two days. To register for this workshop, please register for Part 1 and you will automatically be signed up for Part 2 as well. (You can find Part 1 by searching the event title in MyPrincetonU.)

View an exhibit and interact with the artwork by creating your own! The curators of the Mudd Library exhibition, “Credit Line, Please: Photographs by Elizabeth Menzies” invite session participants to view the exhibit of Elizabeth Menzies’ photographs. Menzies was a mid-century freelance photographer whose black and white photos of Princeton’s campus and people give a window into university life in the 1930s through the 1960s. At the session, participants will view the exhibit, talk with the curators and view and handle other Menzies photographs and books from Special Collections that go beyond the exhibit cases. Brandon Johnson, the Library’s Communications Strategist and ace photographer, will also be present at our session to talk about his own photography and processes. Then, inspired by Menzies’ work, we will head out on campus with disposable black and white film cameras to create our own photographic work. In our second session, we will distribute and share participants’ photographs, and each participant will have the opportunity to create a mini-exhibit of their work.

Meet the Facilitator:
Phoebe Nobles is a Processing Archivist at Mudd Library, focusing on University Archives collections. With Rosalba and Emma, she curated the exhibit “Credit Line Please: Photographs by Elizabeth Menzies.” The exhibit will be up in the Mudd Library lobby through the end of March, 2025. Rosalba D. Varallo Recchia is a Library Collections Specialist in Special Collections at Mudd Library. She works with public services to provide access to materials in the University Archives and Public Policy Papers. She also coordinates instruction at Mudd Library and curates exhibitions pertaining to University Archives related topics. Brandon Johnson is the Communications Strategist for Princeton University Library. He writes many of the stories featured on the Library’s news site, manages the Library's social media pages, and serves as the Library’s photographer and videographer. Outside of work, Brandon freelances in photography and videography (often in sports). Prior to Princeton University, he wrote articles for the Miami Heat’s in-arena publication, Tip-Off Magazine. Emma Paradies works as a Library Collections Specialist at both Special Collections Firestone Library and Special Collections Mudd Library. Her main responsibility is in the digitization of items from the archives, but she also enjoys working on outreach projects, like Mudd's exhibits and Firestone's monthly Special Collections showcases.

What to Expect:
Multi Session

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