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Dominican University of California

The Face of Labor: Portrats of Working People

Abstract

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<p>The Face of Labor: Portraits of Working People provides a visual glimpse with transcribed oral histories of the rich heritage of older working people. Focusing on people who have continued working beyond the usual retirement age of sixty-two, this photo documentary celebrates these individuals and their contributions to society. The exhibition of seventeen original black and white photographs, taken by Victoria Sheridan in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999, is accompanied by written selections of interviews with these people, enabling the viewer to both visually meet and read the stories of the persons photographed. Included in this thesis project is a catalogue containing an introduction discussing the origins and evolution of social documentary photography, full-length interviews of each person photographed, and copies of the photographs from the exhibition held at the Archbishop Alemany Library, Dominican College of San Rafael, November 19 through December 18, 1999.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Master's Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Humanities
Year
1999

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Sheridan, Victoria
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Leslie Ross, PhD
  • Bergen Kirk, PhD

Subjects

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Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1209

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2026-07-24
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citation

Sheridan, Victoria. The Face of Labor: Portrats of Working People. Master's Thesis thesis, 1999. https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/210