"Roll, Jordan, Roll", Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)

Untitled, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

The Chain Gang, South Carolina, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Portrait of Miss Katy, South Carolina, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Books

The Life and Photography of Doris Ulmann

(The University Press of Kentucky, 2021)

Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann

(Georgia Museum of Art, 2018)

In Focus: Doris Ulmann

(J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996)

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