The New York Times Article by Eve M. Kahn was published August 2, 2012. “Artists before the Civil War took personal risks when portraying slaves. Southerners did not want their […]
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Thomas Allen Harris Discusses Visual Story-Telling @ the Schomburg Center
On August 7th, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture welcomed me to present excerpts from my various films as a compliment to their Gordon Parks: 100 Moments exhibition […]
Old Harlem New Harlem – “Images of Transformation”
“Old Harlem New Harlem” is a new photography exhibition at the Rio II Gallery Penthouse that documents the transition of Harlem from 1960s to the present. Images by sixteen independent […]
Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo’s best photograph: Ghana’s computer dump
“In January 2008, I went to Accra in Ghana to cover the African Cup of Nations. While I was there, I met a taxi driver who wanted to show me […]
Swiss-Guinean Photographer Fall Fashion Shoot
“For this installment of ‘Out of the Box,’ The Cut sent a trunk full of fall knits to Swiss photographer Namsa Leuba. Inspired in part by her Guinean mother, the […]
Muhammad Ali Exhibition @ Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery
“In 2012, to mark Ali’s 70th birthday, a major exhibition is being held at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, overlooking the London 2012 Olympic stadium. Photographs and paintings of Ali at different […]
Reality TV Star Helps Kids “Dream Big” with Photos
“Upolu, Samoa, the South Pacific island where Sabrina Thompson fought it out as a contestant on CBS’s reality series “Survivor,” was worlds away from the classroom in Brownsville, Brooklyn where […]
USF Student discovers Minstrelsy’s Many Faces
“Her ‘Theory of History’ class, taught by Assistant Professor Julia Irwin, brought [USF senior Simone] Sanders to Special Collections in the first place. When she saw original sheet music and […]
“We have become art!” Taliaferro Exhibit Opens in Miami Airport
“It all started when photographer Jerry Taliaferro, did a photo exhibition with women wearing African masks. The response was so positive, Taliaferro thought of ways he could expand the exhibition.” […]
“Both Sides of the Lens” Exhibit @ the Birmingham Public Library
From July 23, 2012 to September 14, 2012, the Birmingham Public Library will exhibit “Both Sides of the Lens: Photographs by the Shackelford Family (1900-1935),” a series of 40 photographs […]