DSPH is delighted to announce the publication of David Plowden’s Iowa, a collaborative project with Humanities Iowa.

DSPH worked with HI Director Chris Rossi  and Wartburg College Assistant Professor David Herwaldt  on the production and design of a catalog for a travelling exhibition, currently at the Dubuque Museum of Art. DSPH Lead Researcher Mark NeuCollins developed a website and app for smart phones and tablets.

The online component of the project will launch on February 10 in conjunction with a talk by Mr. Plowden at the museum in Dubuque. The app features the catalog essay, a generous selection of work from the exhibition, and unique multimedia content–videos with the photographer, and a discussion area that invites visitors to contribute to the project by adding their recollections and information of the places presented in the photographs.

From the Humanities Iowa website: “Proclaimed “an American treasure” by historian David McCullough, David Plowden has produced 20 books of photos and won many prestigious awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967. His latest collection is curated from over four decades photographing our state, and offers a view of Iowa that is nostalgic yet timeless. David Plowden’s Iowa contains over 70 pages of photographs, along with an introductory essay by Rima Girnius, PhD, that  masterfully interprets Mr. Plowden’s Iowa photos and places them firmly within the context of his illustrious career.”

Visit David Plowden’s Iowa.