Through the African American lens
- Title
- Through the African American lens / Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts ; [foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III ; introduction by Rhea L. Combs ; essay by Deborah Willis].
- Published by
- Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution ; London : in association with D Giles Limited, 2014.
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- Description
- 80 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 18 cm.
- Summary
- Double exposure is a major new series based on the remarkable photography collection held by the Center for African American Media Arts at the NMAAHC. From pre-Civil War daguerreotype portraits to 21st-century digital prints, this is a striking record of the key historical events, the cultural touchstones and the private and communal moments of African American life. In addition to fifty photographs, each volume includes an introduction by a leading historian, activist, photographer or writer, and a foreword by the NMAAHC's founding director Lonnie Bunch. Photographers include Spider Martin, Gordon Parks, Ernest C. Withers, Wayne F. Miller and Henri Cartier-Bresson. There are iconic images, such as McPherson and Oliver's 'Gordon under medical inspection' (circa 1867) and Charles Moore's photographs of the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, as well as unfamiliar or recently discovered images, including Henry Clay Anderson's postwar pictures of everyday life in the segregated black community in Greenville, Mississippi. Published in association with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC.
- Series statement
- Double exposure ; 1
- Uniform title
- Double exposure (Series) (National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.))
- Subject
- African Americans
- Photography > Social aspects > United States
- African Americans > Pictorial works
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
- African Americans > Social aspects > Pictorial works
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) Photograph collections
- Exhibition catalogs
- Slaves > United States > Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Photograph collections
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Pictorial works.
- Contents
- Self-representation and hope : the power of the picture / Rhea L. Combs -- America's lens / Deborah Willis -- Photographs.
- Call number
- Sc C 15-62
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title
- Through the African American lens / Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts ; [foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III ; introduction by Rhea L. Combs ; essay by Deborah Willis].
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution ; London : in association with D Giles Limited, 2014.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Double exposure ; 1
- Double exposure (Series) (National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.))
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Combs, Rhea L., writer of introduction.
- Willis, Deborah, 1948- writer of added commentary.
- Bunch, Lonnie G., III, writer of foreword.
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), issuing body.
- LCCN
- 2016417331
- Other standard identifier
- 9781907804465
- ISBN
- 9781907804465 (paperback)
- 1907804463 (paperback)
- Research call number
- Sc C 15-62