The Caribbean Cultural Center Africa Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) have partnered to present two great galleries during the month of July. Image: […]
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Louis Agassiz exhibit divides Harvard, Swiss group
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 […]
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 […]