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 […]
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Preserving a Tintype as a Photograph
“How to Convert a Tintype to a Photograph” article from eHow by Allison Fowler published September 21, 2011. “Tintypes, or ferrotypes, were a popular form of photography from 1855 to […]
“How the Other Half Lived” Teenie Harris documents Pittsburgh
“EVERY grand city—and Pittsburgh was indeed once grand—should have a photographer like Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris (1908-1998). Many 20th-century photographers seized on Pittsburgh as a metaphor for the ravages of industry […]
Kinsey Family Tours St. Augustine Diocese Archives
The Kinsey Collection includes African American artistic and historical treasures collected by California residents, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, that reflect a rich cultural and historical heritage which they hope to […]
Pratt Institute To Commemorate National Coming Out Day with Thomas Allen Harris
In celebration of National Coming Out Day, the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, NY will hold an event entitled “OUT in the Arts: A Panel Discussion” TONIGHT at 8pm at the […]
Thomas Allen Harris – Artist Talk @ Brooklyn College – Thursday
Brooklyn College Community Partnership (BCCP) is pleased to host the Flatbush Brooklyn edition of the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow this fall at the Brooklyn College Campus. The Digital […]
Carrie Mae Weems featured in New York Times
“When Carrie Mae Weems was first teaching photography in the late 1980s at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, she was struck by the difference in how her male and female students […]
Harris’ Filmmaker Workshop – Tribeca Film Institute @ The New School Workshop
Tribeca Film Institute at The New School presents Thomas Allen Harris’ special workshop “In Focus: Telling African American Stories with Film & Photography” Join us for an evening of Cinema […]
Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive
On September 12th, The Walther Collection debut its new photo exhibition entitled, “Distance and Desire: Encounter of the African Archive” which includes images curated by photographer Santu Mofokeng (The Black […]
The Rutherford Family Collection @ Portland State University
Portland State University will exhibit the Verdell Burdine and Otto G. Rutherford Family Collection starting September 24th. The Rutherfords assembled thousands of rare documents, newspapers, and photographs recording the history […]