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TagCoveted Photography at AIPAD 2011
On its last day, for the first time ever I attended AIPAD (The Association of International Photography Art Dealers) in NYC’s Park Avenue ..
Student Photographer Interview: Brent Malone
We’re all students of photography to some extent but there’s something about the “eye” of youth that is often so powerfully raw and unfilt..
CORRECTION: First Black Woman Photographer Signed to Getty Images
Two years ago I wrote a profile on Lauri Lyons stating that in 2006 she became the first African-American woman photographer signed to con..
Photographer Ernest Withers FBI Informant During Civil Rights Era
This story caught my eye last week. What better profession than a photographer to be enlisted as a spy for the FBI?
After a 2-year investig..
Video: Photo Shoot with Kareem Black
Allow me to quote a Nina Simone song, “To be young, gifted and Black!”
It’s not often you get to see a photographer in action, behind the l..
Photographer Interview: Lauri Lyons
Photo: Lauri Lyons by Jamel Shabazz
D&B: Where are you from?
LL: I am a global nomad. My family is from Jamaica, but later immigrated to t..
Photographer Interview: Sinden Collier
This humbled blogger is fortunate to have dedicated readers who believe in the mission of this blog and in turn..
The Black Photographer’s Annual, volume 2
While browsing the photography section of the New York Public Library, I came upon volume 2 of the Black Photographer’s Annual published i..
Photographer Interview: George Pitts
Photographer George Pitts has had an illustrious career as a fine art photographer, painter, writer and former Director of Photography at ..
2009 Photo Miami Review
Editor’s Note: Photo Miami, the 4th annual contemporary international fair of photo-based art, video, and new media was held in Florida o..