Robinson (Christiane) Photograph and Video Collection EA2021.002

This collection consists of 335 JPEG photographs and nine MPEG-4 video files created by Christiane Robinson and donated to MDAH December 29, 2021, on four disks. In them, Robinson documented Pride events on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2018 and 2019. The nine videos and 247 of the images were taken at the Second Gulf Coast LGBT+ Pride Day hosted by the Gulf Coast Association of Pride at Point Cadet Plaza in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, on June 30, 2018. Eighty-eight of the images document the Third Annual Gulf Coast Equality Fest sponsored by the Gulf Coast Equality Council and held on the Great Lawn at Harrah's Gulf Coast in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, on October 19, 2019. The festivals featured music, drag shows, raffles, and vendor and information tents and attracted diverse groups of people, including protesters.

Please request headphones from library staff to view the videos in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.


Image Arrangement and Numbering

Images and videos are arranged by original filename given by the donor.

Technical Details

Digital Photographs: The photographs were taken by Christiane Robinson using a digital camera in 2018-2019. The original images are 24-bit RGB JPEG files with pixel dimensions ranging from 1684x2391 to 5472x3648. Robinson cropped and watermarked some images before donating them.

Videos: Christiane Robinson recorded the nine short videos on August 7, 2018, as MPEG-4 files at 29.97 frames/second with frame dimensions of 1920x1080 and two-channel (stereo) 127 kpbs audio.

Conversion: The MDAH Electronic Archives staff converted the image files to JPEG tile sets for Web access in March 2022. The video files are presented in their original format.

Copyright

All intellectual property rights to the Christiane Robinson Collection were transferred to MDAH upon donation of the collection. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:

Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Publicity and Privacy Rights

MDAH alerts the user to the issue of publicity and privacy rights of subjects represented in these scans. Distinct from copyright, which concerns the owner of the intellectual content, publicity and/or privacy rights apply to individuals who did not sign a contract or release form giving the creator the legal right to use his/her likeness or personal information. Publicity and privacy rights also differ from copyright in that there are not exemptions for Fair Use or educational purposes. These rights are not regulated by federal law but by state statute and common law. When using images from this collection it is the patron's responsibility to determine whether privacy and publicity rights issues may exist and consider the mitigating factors.

Copy Availability

Copies of the original JPEG and MPEG-4 files may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.