Burk Uzzle and Roland L. Freeman: Films and Photographs

Saturday, Oct. 11

Wilson Library
UNC Chapel Hill

Uzzle is known for his work for Life Magazine and Magnum Photos; Freeman is remembered for his documentation of life in Black communities and traditional folklife. The exhibition features approximately 80 photos from both photographers’ careers as photojournalists and roughly 50 publications that feature their work. “Parallel Visions” also highlights the way the photographers’ decades-long friendship is intertwined in their work.

“Parallel Visions” includes installations in all three of Wilson Library’s gallery spaces. Prints are arranged chronologically so viewers can experience the work as a photographic biography.

3 – 5 p.m. Galleries open for exhibition viewing. Experience the powerful legacy of two photographers whose work documents more than six decades of American life. Exhibition curators will discuss the lives and photographs of Burk Uzzle and Roland L. Freeman and provide commentary about the selections on view.

5 – 7:45 p.m. Film screening of videos from the Roland Freeman collection plus the documentary F11 and Be There, about the career of Burk Uzzle. A conversation between Photographic Archivist Stephen Fletcher and the filmmaker, Jethro Waters, will follow, along with an audience Q&A.