Our art librarian, Lee Sorensen, has a wonderful page on visual studies, please consult it and Lee for questions regarding this topic.
Lee Sorensen also has a page on History of Photography, please consult it and Lee for questions regrading this topic.
Nasher Museum: How do you look http://nasher.duke.edu/howdoyoulook/
Chinese Art and Image research guide
Finding printed images on China in the library
Photographs on China resources online
Duke's digital collection: Sidney D. Gamble Photographs has approximately 5000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932
Pictures ("visual information") require the same critical judgment as written text. Just as some texts don't tell the truth--intentionally or unintentionally--the same is true with images. Like other forms of information, images can be accurate quotations or careless paraphrases. It's necessary, then, for students and scholars to approach the images they use in their research and writing with the same apparatus they do for texts.
Curious? Visit the Visual Literacy LibGuide for more...
Lee Sorensen
Contact Info:
email: LSLILLY@duke.edu
104 Lilly Library
Box 90727
919 660-5994