John F Rash Leads Photo Walk at Duke Gardens

Written By John Rash

Saturday, June 7, 2009. 21 amateur photographers met with John F Rash for a hands-on instructional photo walk through Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. Photo walks have become a popular way for photographers of all levels to meet like-minded people and share their knowledge of photography. All participants in Saturday's photo walk are also members of the Triangle Area Chinese Language and Culture Meet-Up Group.

Rash has also just returned from leading a group 11 photography students from Randolph Community College and UNCG to China in May. Members of the Triangle Meet-Up Group invited Rash to give a basic photography lesson and to share his experience from the recent trip to China. (Photos: Evan Brennan, Cynthia Qiu)

All images and words ©2006 Rash Photo / John F Rash.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com
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