I had the pleasure of spending time with Shawn Walker in Ethiopia in 2015 for the Pan African Workshop, where he shared with me stories about his work over 5 […]
Telling Our Stories: Photographers of Spirit of Community with Thomas Allen Harris
Behind each family picture, there is a story — a story that is representative of the communities that each picture comes from. On Sunday January 21, 2018, join NAACP Image […]
Creating Art from the Archives: “About Face: The Evolution of a Black Producer”
Thomas Allen Harris looks back at 28 years of HIV/AIDS activism in newly released short film, “About Face: The Evolution of a Black Producer.” On World AIDS Day 2017, Visual […]
YOU Can Help Bring Family Pictures USA to National Broadcast!
Join Our Crowdfunding Campaign to Complete the Pilot of Family Pictures USA! “Once you see America through family pictures, you will never see this country the same way again.” Family […]
From Farm to Table: The Life of a 107-year-old Detroit Home
“I wanted to be involved in Family Pictures USA in order to show how a 107-year-old home survived, transformed, and brought two families together that will be bonded forever. The […]
No Holiday is Complete Without a Side of Family Photographs
While you put the finishing touches on your Holiday menu, do not forget to tell your friends and relatives to bring some family photographs with their sweet potato casserole. Holidays […]
Memoirs of a Father with Philip Rosenbaum
“Producing a five minute video about my father and how he survived the Holocaust was an experience I will forever cherish. The idea came to me on the first day […]
Yance Ford on Family Photographs in His Film “Strong Island”
“Strong Island chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography and tragedy – from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City; from the […]
Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic
“In Afro-Atlantic Flight, Michelle D. Commander traces how post-civil rights Black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa as a means by which to […]
Distinguished Detroiters: The Barthwell Family History
The story below has been shared with Family Pictures USA by Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans about the many accomplishments of her family members despite the racial adversity they faced. “My family has […]