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“This is The Day: The March on Washington” NYPL Panel Discussion [Audio]

MLK, Jr. at March on Washington – August 28, 1963
Copyright Leonard Freed

Earlier this summer, the NYPL hosted a panel discussion about the ..

The First Latino To Sit On The Board of Directors of the Detroit Professional Photographers Association (DPPA)

Portrait photographer Fred Mora is making photography history. Read more about his accomplishment - congratulations Fred! … Read More →

Photo Exhibit: “Lyle Ashton Harris: Blow Up”

The first time I came across Lyle Ashton Harris' work was as an intern at the Jack Tilton Gallery in Soho, NYC back in the '90s. One of the exhibits … Read More →

Kamoinge Photographers Group Show: In the Moment

Kamoinge (means "a group of people working together" in Kikuya, an East African language) was formed in New York in 1963 to address the … Read More →

Boston Globe Article on Carrie Mae Weems

"Weems explores issues from both sides of camera" By Vanessa E. Jones … Read More →

James Top: Afrology

Afrology opens on Friday, February 22nd, 2008, 6pm-Midnight. The exhibit debuts seventeen variations of the 1970’s hairstyle, the “Afro”, that … Read More →

Vanderbilt University Exhibit: “Innervisions” by Gil Bailey

From the Vanderbilt University News service, "Gil Bailey, a commercial photographer for more than 30 years, has captured thousands of people through … Read More →

Grant Opportunity: Urban Artists Initiative

Got this valuable info from the En Foco newsleter... The Bronx Council on the Arts and the Urban Artist Initiative/ NewYork City (UAI/NYC) announce … Read More →

Group Photo Exhibit: “Santiago de Cuba: ReBirth & Congas en la Calle”

Established in 2003, the McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St. (corner of St. Andrew Street), has not been open to the public … Read More →

Photography Master: P.H. Polk

Prentice Herman "P.H." Polk (1898-1985) is not a name you'd hear in a typical Photo History class or lecture but I consider him to be a photography … Read More →

LA Times Article: Putting the ‘Afro’ back in ‘Afro-Brasil.’

Excerpt:"An estimated 3 million to 5 million Africans were brought to Brazil between the beginning of Portuguese colonization in the 1500s and 1888, … Read More →

The Mecca, I’ve Found It: Blend Images

"Blend Images is the world's leading multiethnic commercial stock agency."Nuff said. Go visit now. I especially urge those of you in the print world … Read More →

Trinidad & Tobago photos, March 2007

These photos are long overdue... my 4-day trip to TT back in March 2007 was so relaxing, inspiring, yummy (i love doubles!) and enlightening. Most of … Read More →

NEWSWEEK Article You Should Read: Why Money DOESN’T Buy Happiness

This has NOTHING to do with photography but surely we've all contemplated the question: does having money guarantee happiness? Having been raised … Read More →

Uganda – Peace is coming

Documentary photography by Anna KåriBeautiful and inspiring work I found on the Documentography website. Documentography is a collective of … Read More →

Exhibit: The Black Panthers

Making Sense of History, Photography by Stephen ShamesThrough May 31, 2008Washington University Odegaard Undergraduate Library & Learning CommonsRead … Read More →