Thigpen Photography Presentation
The Thigpen Photography Collection is a large and diverse assortment of original photographic images produced for clients in and around Mobile, Alabama, over seven decades from 1947 to 2020. Totaling approximately 1.575 million images, the photographs were made and archived by Thigpen Photography, Inc., one of the South’s leading commercial photography studios, under the ownership and direction of founder Roy Thigpen and his son, Alec Thigpen. Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton gifted the complete collection to the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library in May 2021.
-
Part 1: Thigpen Photography (1947-2021) – From Chemistry to Digital, Airplanes, Technology, and Art
Alec G. Thigpen; Roy M. Thigpen, Jr.; Karen Burton; and Deborah Gurt
This is a presentation by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton highlighting the developments that defined the Thigpen Photography business that spanned 75 years in Mobile, AL. The presentation was part of the opening events for the Alec and Roy Thigpen Photography Collection Exhibit at the University of South Alabama. The complete Thigpen collection was gifted to the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library in May 2021 by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton. The exhibit, featuring material from Roy Thigpen’s personal papers and a sample of the studio’s images, will be on display in the McCall Library display cases throughout the months of September and October 2022.
-
Part 2:Thigpen Photography (1947-2021) – From Chemistry to Digital, Airplanes, Technology, and Art
Alec G. Thigpen; Roy M. Thigpen, Jr.; Karen Burton; and Deborah Gurt
This is a presentation by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton highlighting the developments that defined the Thigpen Photography business that spanned 75 years in Mobile, AL. The presentation was part of the opening events for the Alec and Roy Thigpen Photography Collection Exhibit at the University of South Alabama. The complete Thigpen collection was gifted to the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library in May 2021 by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton. The exhibit, featuring material from Roy Thigpen’s personal papers and a sample of the studio’s images, will be on display in the McCall Library display cases throughout the months of September and October 2022.
-
Part 3: Thigpen Photography (1947-2021) – From Chemistry to Digital, Airplanes, Technology, and Art
Alec G. Thigpen; Roy M. Thigpen, Jr.; Karen Burton; and Deborah Gurt
This is a presentation by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton highlighting the developments that defined the Thigpen Photography business that spanned 75 years in Mobile, AL. The presentation was part of the opening events for the Alec and Roy Thigpen Photography Collection Exhibit at the University of South Alabama. The complete Thigpen collection was gifted to the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library in May 2021 by Alec Thigpen and Karen Burton. The exhibit, featuring material from Roy Thigpen’s personal papers and a sample of the studio’s images, will be on display in the McCall Library display cases throughout the months of September and October 2022.