250 years after his death, Louis Agassiz continues to be a controversial figure in today’s world. Harvard-affiliated Agassiz gained renown for his landmark works done in the field of Natural […]
Langmuir Photo Collection @ Emory University
Last year, Emory University had acquired a collection of approximately 12,000 photographs from long-time collector Robert Langmuir. These images have garnered much attention, as the majority of the pictures are […]
Silicon Valley Photographer Realizes Unfinished Dream
Fourteen years and a stroke later, Silicon Valley photographer Sherrie Green returns to a project that had been laying underneath her bed since 1998. Originally a project undertaken in order […]
“Picture and Progress” new book on African Americans & Photography
Duke University Press published the new book “Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity”. Maurice O. Wallace, professor of English and African & African American […]
Al Surya Peterson: Runaways & Red Wagons
Al Surya Peterson, who is known by his moniker “A Westchester County Resource of African American History“, relays his long and eventful family history to award winning filmmaker, Thomas Allen […]
Gordon Parks: 100 Moments @ The Schomburg Center
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will debut a new exhibition; “Gordon Parks: 100 Moments” in Harlem in mid-July. Gordon Parks, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who […]
Régine Romain Exhibits “Portraits for Self Determining Haiti”
Through A Lens Darkly behind-the-scenes photographer, Régine Romain, a photo-anthro-journalist of Haitian descent, recently presented an exhibit entitled, “Portraits for Self Determining Haiti”, at ARToMATIC 2012 – a month-long art […]
NYT: In Class Photos, Faces of Change
“QUEENS is the most diverse county in the country, and one way to see that is to view a historical panorama of students from Public School 99 in Kew Gardens.” […]
Revealed: Photos of Japanese-American Internment Camps
Amateur photographer Bill Manbo and his family were relocated and detained in a Japanese-American internment camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War II. “They lived in sparse barracks. Food, […]
“Civil Rights & Cinema” Live web chat with Yoruba Richen & Thomas Allen Harris
Filmmakers Thomas Allen Harris and Yoruba Richen discuss politics, pride and film production during a LiveStream program hosted by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) on Tuesday. Viewers from across […]