Black Photojournalism

Black Photojournalism - Carnegie Museum of Art

Black Photojournalism presents work by more than 40 photographers chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World ...

13 Trailblazing Photojournalists Who Have Shaped American History

Eli Reed was the first Black photographer to be employed by Magnum Agency full-time. His photographs spoke to the rawness found within Black ...

Pulitzer Prize Photography and the African-American Experience

Pulitzer Prize Photography and the African-American Experience · Moneta Sleet · Feature Photography, 1969 · Steve Starr · Spot News Photography, 1970 · Stanley ...

Black in America • Eli Reed - Magnum Photos

American photographer Eli Reed's photo-study Black in America reveals a poignant portrait of black life in the USA during the 1980s and 90s.

Black Resistance: The Power of the Image

Posing for a photograph became an act of empowerment for Black people and served to counteract the stereotypes that distorted facial features ...

Kwame Brathwaite's Photographs of the Black is Beautiful Movement

Black Is Beautiful · Kwame Brathwaite, Nomsa Brath wearing earrings by Carolee Prince, ca. · Kwame Brathwaite, Naturally '68 photo shoot in the Apollo Theater ...

Black History Month Photographers: Documenting a Movement

IMAGO / ZUMA Wire | Photo from Gordon Parks. 1960, USA. Gordon Parks stands out as a seminal figure in American photography, whose work extended ...

Black Photographers: Decoding America's History Through the Stills ...

Photography is an art form that is often overlooked when it comes to Black History and art. It deserves more recognition. Photography has the ...

Photography - African American Artists: Collection Connections

This section lists individual African American photographers represented in the Library's Prints & Photographs collections and signature collections strong in ...

5 of the Best Black Photojournalists We've Featured

A roundup of photojournalists doesn't need to be classified by race. But black photographers and artists generally don't get the dues they deserve.

African American Vernacular Photography

The collection of about 1600 photographs, dating from 1860 to 1960, offers a glimpse into the rarely seen everyday lives of African Americans.

Chicago's trailblazing Black photojournalists discuss their work

A 1973 exhibit by Howard Simmons, Bob Black, John White and Ovie Carter was brought back 50 years later to show how they recorded the “first ...

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic | Aperture

As We Rise presents an exciting compilation of photographs from African diasporic culture and explores Black identity on both sides of the ...

Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

This exhibition—the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite's remarkable career—tells the story of a key figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the ...

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The exhibition is curated by Philip Brookman, consulting curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art, and Deborah Willis, university professor and ...

Protest Photography Can Be a Powerful Tool For and Against Black ...

The conflicting stakes of the work done by photojournalists has never been higher: the importance of expansive and thorough reporting on these ...

Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

This exhibition brings together over 250 photographs, many of them unique objects, from the nineteenth century to the present.

Is There a Place for Black and White Photography in Photojournalism?

There are lots of places where black and white photography makes sense such as fine art photography, landscapes, and other applications.

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Explore Black identity through a compelling compilation of photographs from African diasporic culture.

Addressing the Representation of Black Culture in Photography | TIME

Aperture is publishing an issue dedicated to blackness and black culture in photography – a first for the publication – with conversations between ...