“What intrigues me when I look at these images is that they show African Americans with a distinct and powerful sense of pride and joy. Despite the fact that these […]
Thomas Allen Harris’s First Digital Diaspora Class in Ethiopia!
First day teaching my class for the Pan African workshop on Professional Media Production: Building Capacity in Photojournalism, Documentary Film and Feature Writing. The program is sponsored by UNESCO, the […]
Found Tinytypes Paint a Historical Picture of Sag Harbor, New York
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or […]
Elaine’s Precious Photos
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion was gifted a remarkable photo album from Myrla, which she received from her mother in law, Elaine R. Howell-Meade (1922-1998). Myrla’s father and Elaine knew […]
Lost and Found Memories
The times when families and friends kept physical photo albums to store their memories are slowly fading. Though there’s a convenience to instantly posting your beach day online […]
Devin Allen Uses Photography to Uplift His Baltimore Community
The Maryland photographer, Devin Allen, will have his first solo show in Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture starting July 10th. After his shocking […]
Through A Lens Darkly’s Last Week at Film Forum
“It’s an incredibly important film for representation of who we are, what we are. ” – Andrew Jackson, Executive Director of Langston Hughes Library in Corona, Queens. Through A […]
Through A Lens Darkly’s Second Week at Film Forum
Continuing the excitement from our successful opening week, Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People kicked off its second week at New York City’s Film […]
Marjory W. Wilkins (1929-2011)
By Nancy Keefe Rhodes “For most of the seven decades during which Marjory W. Wilkins made photographs, she was best known as a documentary photographer of the Black community. Her body […]
Black Seattle’s Unfamiliar Faces: Help Identify Them
KUOW.ORG Rare Photos Of Black Seattle Unearthed: Help ID Them By Marcie Sillman March 20, 2015 “Seattle is a young city, young enough that most of its history can […]