Voice for the Voiceless The Rev. Don Doll, S.J. Artist Talk: Feb. 5, 2010, 6:30 p.m. Opening Reception: Feb. 5, 2010, 7 p.m. Feb. 5, 2010 - March 27, 2010 Kaltag, Alaska — A Saturday night bath turns the Pitka home into a madhouse as Joann Pitka juggles her three sons in and out of the water hand-carried from the river. Giclee print on 100% cotton “Illuminata” paper, 14“ x 20”, 1988 (for National Geographic)

Fr. Don Doll Brings His Photographic Stories to the Greenlease Gallery

The Greenlease Gallery celebrates Rockhurst University’s centennial with documentary photographs of Jesuit missions from around the globe by the Rev. Don Doll, S.J. The exhibit, “Voice for the Voiceless,” opens at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, with an artist’s talk followed by a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. in the gallery.

Journalistically and artistically, Fr. Doll approaches his work as a man who seeks justice for those marginalized and lost in the milieu of material consumption. “I photograph to tell the stories of people who have no voice,” says Fr. Doll. “Hopefully I can help others understand and work to change unjust social structures.”

Fr. Doll is a Jesuit priest and well-known photographer whose work has been featured in National Geographic and a number of the Day in the Life of... books, including America, California, Italy, Ireland, Passage to Vietnam and Christmas in America.

Fr. Doll was introduced to both photography and the Lakota people when, as a young Jesuit, he was assigned to the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Two of his books about Native Americans include Crying for a Vision (Morgan and Morgan, 1976) and Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation (Crown Publishers, 1994).

In May 1997, Fr. Doll received the prestigious Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for his many years of work with Native Americans. In January 2006, Doll received the Artist of the Year award given biannually by the Nebraska Arts Council.

Fr. Doll has been an active member of the National Press Photographers Association. He received special recognition in the Nikon “World Understanding through Photography” award and the Robin F. Garland Award. He has served as a faculty member for eight annual University of Missouri Professional Photojournalism workshops.

Since 1969, Fr. Doll has taught at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., where he is a professor of journalism holding the Charles and Mary Heider Jesuit Chair. A recent project, “The Jesuits,” has taken him around the world. One of his projects, “Finding Ernesto,” aired in November 1999 on ABC’s Nightline with Ted Koppel.

Fr. Doll’s photographs will be on exhibit in the Greenlease Gallery through March 27.

For more information or for an appointment, contact Greenlease Gallery Director Anne Pearce at (816) 501-4407 or at anne.pearce@rockhurst.edu.