Specialization:
Photography, Filmaking & Folklore
Research Interests:
A photographer, filmmaker, and folklorist, Tom Rankin
has been documenting and interpreting American
culture for nearly twenty years. His books include
Sacred Space: Photographs from the Mississippi
Delta (1993), which received the Mississippi
Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Photography,
'Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre': Photographs of a River Life(1995), Faulkner's World: The Photographs of
Martin J. Dain (1997), and Local Heroes
Changing America: Indivisible (2000).
Education:
- M.F.A. Georgia State University 1987
- M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1983
- B.A. Tufts University 1980
- Other School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1978
Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 1317 W Pettigrew St, Durham, NC 27705 |
| Email Address: | tom.rankin@duke.edu |
| Web Page: | http://cds.aas.duke.edu/ |
Teaching (Spring 2026):
- Cine 205.01, Contemporary documentary film
Synopsis
- Rubenstein 123, M 01:25 PM-04:25 PM
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- Rankin, T. Truths of the Matter: Traditions in Documentary Studies. (2012).
- Rankin, T. A Place of Tender Images: Paul Kwilecki’s Four Decades of Photography of Decatur County, GA. (2012).
- Colors of Confinement: Color Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II. edited by Rankin, T; Hill, ITUniversity of North Carolina Press, (2012).
- Jackson, B; Christian, D. In This Timeless Time. edited by Hill, IT; Rankin, TSUniversity of North Carolina Press, (2011).
- Rankin, T. "The Cruel Radiance of the Obvious." Southern CulturesSouthern Cultures (2011).