Research Catalog

Title

Roland L. Freeman portfolio / Roland L. Freeman.

Author

Freeman, Roland L., 1936-2023

Publication

Jackson, Miss. : Diogenes Editions, Inc., [1993]

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Details

Additional Authors

• University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture, sponsor.
• Diogenes Editions, publisher.

Description

• 1 portfolio (12 photographic prints); 54 x 42 cm
• 6 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of African Americans living in the American South from 1969 to 1985, consisting of individual portraits of a stoic young boy, a Howard University student lifting weights, a cigar box fiddler, and an elder female resident of Africatown, Alabama; a group portrait of community elders; and candid shots and views of baseball game spectators, a railroad maintenance crew (gandy dancers), people on a commercial street, a young couple in a park, worshipers arriving for an evening service, individuals creating handicrafts, and objects displayed in the hallway of a home.

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 1990-1999
• Group portraits > 1990-1999
• Portrait photographs > 1990-1999
• Rooms & spaces
• Railroad construction workers > 1970-1979
• City & town life > Southern States > 1970-1989
• African American youth > Southern States
• Older African Americans > Southern States
• African Americans > Social life > Southern States > 1960-1989
• African Americans > Southern States

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
• Group portraits – 1990-1999.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1990-1999.

Note

• Title taken from portfolio cover and title page of enclosed booklet.
• Portfolio was published by Diogenes Editions, Inc., in conjunction with the University of Mississippi, Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
• All prints bear handwritten edition numbers and photographer's signature on recto.
• Schomburg Center copy is number 30 in a limited edition run of 45 sets.
• The prints are made on Luminos paper, processed with F130 developer, and Selenium toned.
• Enclosed booklet contains commentary by William Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, The University of Mississippi; Tom Rankin, Associate Professor of Art and Southern Studies, The University of Mississippi; and D. Gorton, of Diogenes Editions, Jackson, Mississippi. Booklet also contains a list of photographs with captions and dates.
• "Exhibition rights of the photographs listed above are granted with purchase; reproduction rights, however, belong only to Roland L. Freeman, copyright holder and owner of the original negatives." -Portfolio booklet, page [4]

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Roland L. Freeman, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1936, is an African American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his work on Southern folk culture and African American quilters. Among Freeman's notable projects are his ongoing study of Black culture throughout the African diasopra entitled "While There is Still Time"; and his 1996 publication "A Communication of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories," a landmark study of Black quilters, quilting guilds and quilt collectors. Freeman has been an research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage since 1972, and founder/president of The Group for Cultural Documentation.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Freeman, R.L.)

OCLC

1295318593

Author

Freeman, Roland L., 1936-2023, photographer.

Title

Roland L. Freeman portfolio / Roland L. Freeman.

Publisher

Jackson, Miss. : Diogenes Editions, Inc., [1993]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Roland L. Freeman, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1936, is an African American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his work on Southern folk culture and African American quilters. Among Freeman's notable projects are his ongoing study of Black culture throughout the African diasopra entitled "While There is Still Time"; and his 1996 publication "A Communication of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories," a landmark study of Black quilters, quilting guilds and quilt collectors. Freeman has been an research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage since 1972, and founder/president of The Group for Cultural Documentation.

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University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture, sponsor.

Diogenes Editions, publisher.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Freeman, R.L.)