Paris Conference “Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Body in the West”
Paris, an internationally key and highly influential Western space in all things concerning the arts and modernity, is the perfect stage for Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Body in the West, […]
Byron Hurt’s Soul Food Junkies to Premiere on PBS
Soul Food Junkies will premiere nationally MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013, at 10 p.m. on PBS’ Emmy-award winning series, Independent Lens! Check your local listing for the exact date and time […]
Remembering Photographer Hugh Bell
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of Hugh Bell – a visionary photographer who has left a legacy of inspirational images. For over 60 […]
Deborah Willis Reflects on Gordon Parks’ Fashion Flare
Deborah Willis honors Gordon Parks with a special feature in The New York Times’ Lens Blog that highlights his work in fashion photography. A native of Kansas, Gordon Parks became […]
Hank Willis Thomas ‘What Goes Without Saying’ @ Jack Shainman Gallery
Hank Willis Thomas photo exhibition at Jack Shainman gallery installation view #1 “Hank Willis Thomas‘ solo exhibition ‘What Goes Without Saying‘, will continue [from] November 13th and run through the […]
Loud, Proud and Painted ‘Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,’ at Brooklyn Museum
Mickalene Thomas’s brash, exuberant paintings don’t care what you think of them; they are much too busy simply — or not so simply — being themselves. Their sense of independence […]
Civil War Photography Exhibit at California African American Museum Is a Tribute to Black Soldiers
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress) Black Union Army private and his wife and twin daughters Via LA Weekly Article – 10/05/12 “Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman […]
French artist salutes US Civil Rights struggle with mural
The signs say “I Am a Man,” but the new mural at 14th and T streets NW might make you contemplate what it means to be a Washingtonian, an American […]
Alfred Kumalo, South African photographer who illustrated the brutalities of apartheid, dies
Legendary South African photojournalist, Alfred Kumalo. Picture: Facebook Govan Whittles | one day ago Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise […]