Oral history interview with Deborah Bright
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bright, Deborah, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Cvetkovich, Ann, 1957-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Lesbian artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Bright, Deborah, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Cvetkovich, Ann, 1957-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Deborah Bright (1950-) is a Brooklyn-based photographer, educator, and writer known for her intimate portrayals of lesbian domestic life from the 1980s to present.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ann Cvetkovich (1957- ) is the Director of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa and was previously a Professor at UT Austin; her work investigates the dynamics between affect and queerness.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (video files (7 hrs., 6 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 117 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 June 15-September 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bright22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Video recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Deborah Bright conducted 2022 June 15-September 7, by Ann Cvetkovich for the Archives of American Art, at Bright's home and studio in Brooklyn, NY.­