Ready to dive into documentary art? Duke students can enroll in Documentary Studies courses, including the hands-on DOCST 115S: Introduction to Black and White Photography.
One of the first assignments will immerse you in the basics of photography through the creation of a camera obscura—a fascinating experiment to grasp the fundamentals of light, lenses and image-making.
One of the first assignments will immerse you in the basics of photography through the creation of a camera obscura—a fascinating experiment to grasp the fundamentals of light, lenses and image-making.
Here students in Susie Post-Rust’s class manipulated a “lens” on the window, adjusting its size and height, and soon had a surreal forest in their classroom.
Featured Courses
Featured Course
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Full Frame, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies, is one of the world’s premiere showcases for nonfiction cinema. This year the festival will take place April 3-6, 2025, and will screen dozens of groundbreaking new documentaries. Passes are on sale now!
Program Spotlights
Literacy Through Photography
LTP continues its decades-long work with Durham Public Schools, connecting picture-making with writing and critical thinking.
DocX Initiative
DocX is driven by what documentary artists need to make their work most resonant in the world. The latest offering is the DocX Residency–Another World is Possible.
Lehman Brady Professorship
The Center for Documentary Studies coordinates a visiting professorship in documentary studies and American studies at Duke and the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
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