An outsider looking in 
A Danish vagabond's personal journey through the American underclass 
Girl looking through screen door in Georgia

  A documentary with 3,000 pictures,  music, interviews and narration presented on two screens for audiences of  up to 2,000

A visually moving and therapeutically healing journey through the deep racist subconsciousness of the spectator 

One of the most successful campus events ever in America presented more than 1150 times in 
300 colleges

20 times in U. C. Berkeley, 17 times in Cornell, 14 in Harvard, 10 in Stanford, 9 in Yale etc. 

Click on the INTRODUCTION below for a complete tour of American Pictures.
 



Latest additions to this site!!!

Jacob Holdt's Memorial page for the World Trade Center

www.american-pictures.com/gives/thanks
Jacob Holdt's personal election campaign against president Bush, who has been a disaster for the black community and the environment and inflamed terrorism everywhere.

Jacob Holdt's book "American Pictures" online

African Pictures
In their personal style Jacob Holdt's photos from Namibia resemble American Pictures the most.

Movie about Jacob Holdt and his friends in America  (many of the people shown in his Photo Gallery are here seen live)

KKK cross burning in Alabama

  
 
  Used for freshman orientation at: Dartmouth, Cornell, Holy Cross, Boston University
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Calendar for upcoming shows worldwide

 


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'Visually powerful, intense impact'   New York Times 
 
 

'Disturbingly powerful'   Los Angeles Times 
 
 

'A masterpiece!'   The Village Voice 
 
 

'Utterly stunning, powerful, disturbing'   San Francisco Chronicle

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