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From 1973 to 1980, a group of African American artists in New York City published The Black Photographers Annual. The idea emerged from the collective of African American photographers known as the Kamoinge Workshop (Kamoinge, from the Kikuyu language of Kenya, means “to work together”). The forty-nine artists featured in the book, however, far exceeded the boundaries of the collective.
In her preface for the Annual novelist Toni Morrison wrote, “It was conceived as a commitment to the community of Black artists…,” while writer and activist Clayton Riley described the Annual as a defining moment in black culture.
See the Full VolumeIn her preface for the Annual novelist Toni Morrison wrote, “It was conceived as a commitment to the community of Black artists…,” while writer and activist Clayton Riley described the Annual as a defining moment in black culture.
See the Full VolumeIn the second volume, the Black Photographers Annual, editor and publisher Joe Crawford included an interview with P. H. Polk (1898–1984), the official photographer at Tuskegee University for nearly 50 years. “A number of students at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama told The Black Photographers Annual that looking at the works of P. H. Polk was like a study in Black history.” – Chester Higgins.
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In the second volume, the Black Photographers Annual, editor and publisher Joe Crawford included an interview with P. H. Polk (1898–1984), the official photographer at Tuskegee University for nearly 50 years. “A number of students at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama told The Black Photographers Annual that looking at the works of P. H. Polk was like a study in Black history.” – Chester Higgins.
See the Full VolumeVolume 3 features a Foreword by Gordon Parks, Introduction by James Baldwin, and interviews with 1975 Pulitzer Prize winning photographers Ovie Carter and Matthew Lewis. Not to mention, “… more than 90 photographs by 40 Black photographers across the U.S.”
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Volume 3 features a Foreword by Gordon Parks, Introduction by James Baldwin, and interviews with 1975 Pulitzer Prize winning photographers Ovie Carter and Matthew Lewis. Not to mention, “… more than 90 photographs by 40 Black photographers across the U.S.”
See the Full VolumeThe final of the annuals to be published in the series, volume four carries the tradition of presenting the work and experience of black photographers. Copies of the final volume are incredibly scarce due in part to a fire that destroyed many of the copies.
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The final of the annuals to be published in the series, volume four carries the tradition of presenting the work and experience of black photographers. Copies of the final volume are incredibly scarce due in part to a fire that destroyed many of the copies.
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Chiefly known as as a New York photographer, Louis Draper was first a Richmonder. His sister, Nell Draper Winston, talks about her brother’s ability to capture the character of everyday people.
LeRoy Henderson discusses his life and work documenting American protest culture with Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Watch Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, VMFA’s Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, in conversation with photographers Beuford Smith and Shawn Walker, whose works are featured in the current exhibition, A Commitment to the Community: The Black Photographers Annual, Volume I. Smith, the founder and chief photography editor of The Black Photographers Annual, worked closely with Walker who served as a picture editor for this key publication that ran from 1973 through 1980. Together they discuss the Annual, their participation in the New York photography collective, The Kamoinge Workshop, and the role of jazz as a metaphor and subject in photography.
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