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The Windrush Generation: Photos Document Britain’s First Wave of West Indian Immigrants

On June 22 1948, former troopship the Empire Windrush docked in the port of Tilbury, Essex with nearly 500 passengers, mostly from Jamaica..

Photographer Interview: Andrew Jackson

Black man in mortuary, Khayelitsha. Cape Town. 2006.
Copyright A. Jackson

View Andrew Jackson’s photography and follow him on Twitter @A_Ja..

Curators and Collectors at AIPAD 2012 Panels

This year AIPAD held five panels, here are my notes from two that I was able to attend. Panel #1 Curator's Choice: Emerging Artists in … Read More →

Kansas City Star Article: “Rare photo collection depicts Midwest African-American life in early 1900s”

by Bill Graham Excerpt:"A boy in fine knickers and women in ankle-length dresses tell of a time long gone.But the compelling eyes and the faces are … Read More →

I Heart Women Photographers Like Tatiana Cardeal

Tatiana Cardeal's latest blog entries feature stunning portraits of attendees at the 2008 Indigenous National Festival at Bertioga city in Brazil. … Read More →

NY Times Article: Where Hip-Hop, Martial Arts and Chess Meet

Another one of those posts that has nothing to do with photography per se, but it is a story that counters the negative and perverse nature of hip-hop … Read More →

Shahidul Alam, Living Legend

I love doing this blog because I learn just as much as I hope to teach others. From the aresponsibilityforspreadinghappiness blog: "According to one … Read More →

Panel Discussion and Screening of Film on Colorism Among Latinos

Panel Discussion and Screening of NegroSunday, April 14th3:00pm - 5:00pm ETLa Casa Azul Bookstore143 E. 103rd Street(Bet. 103rd Str. and Lexington … Read More →

Charles “Teenie” Harris: Rhapsody in Black and White

Duke Center for Documentary StudiesThrough April 9Charles “Teenie” Harris was a chronicler of the African American community in Pittsburgh for more … Read More →

Reflections of “Us” by Robin McNeil

Beautiful greeting cards made by a former Federal special-agent and now stay-at-home Mom, Robin McNeil.Excerpt from the website's "About Us" page: … Read More →

Mr. Man in Full View

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Photo Book: “I Was Cuba”

I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection by Kevin KwanCuba, an island just 90 miles south of Florida, has been and will be one to … Read More →

Circa 1890 African American Musician tintype photo

Great posting from the "We Need to Stop" blog on this photo for sale on eBay.Read it here. … Read More →

Mexican Wins Photography “Nobel”

Graciela Iturbide, internationally recognized for her iconic images of Mexico, was named the 2008 winner of the prestigious Hasselblad Foundation … Read More →

American Civil Rights Photographer Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson, Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement and East HarlemThrough July 5. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-SaturdaysJackson Fine Art, 3115 E. … Read More →

Legend: Chester Higgins, Jr.

NY Times staff photographer Chester Higgins, Jr. has dedicated his life to documenting the African Americans, Africans, and African of the Diaspora … 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 →