Edited by Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Dan Leers. Foreword by Deborah Willis. Introduction by Eric Crosby. Roundtable discussion by Tina Campt.
A landmark survey of Black American photojournalism spanning 1945 to 1984, chronicling a critical period in the civil rights movements in the United States
This volume presents work by 57 Black photographers and contributions from scholars such as Joy Bivins, Tina M. Campt and Gerald Horne, chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movements through the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Drawn from archives and collections in the care of journalists, libraries, museums, newspapers, photographers and universities, the photographs in the catalog were circulated and reviewed in publishing offices across the country. Responding to a dearth of stories about Black lives told from the perspectives of Black people, Black publishers and their staff created groundbreaking editorial and photojournalistic methods and news networks. During a period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy, newspapers and magazines, including the Afro American News, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Defender and Ebony, transformed how people were able to access seeing themselves and their communities. Their impact on the media landscape continues into the digital present. The catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Carnegie Museum of Art. The exhibition and catalog are both designed by artist David Hartt, and organized and edited by Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Charles ""Teenie"" Harris, community archivist, and Dan Leers, curator of photography, in dialogue with an expanded network of archivists, curators, historians and scholars. Photographers include: Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Don Hogan Charles, Adger Cowans, Guy Crowder, Roy DeCarava, Doris Derby, Bob Douglas, Louis Draper, Theodore Gaffney, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Chester Higgins, Kojo Kamau, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, Bruce Talamon, Deborah Willis-Ryan.
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The Wall Street Journal
William Meyers
[This exhibition] highlights the work of black photographers, both well-known and unidentified, who captured the life of their community and beyond.
The Brooklyn Rail
Stephen Frailey
Through exhaustive and admirable research by Carnegie Museum curator Dan Leers and community archivist Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Black Photojournalism is a garrulous exhibition encompassing three soaring galleries and of exuberant staging.... And the photographic archive—of which much activity and consideration is currently made—proves to be an inexhaustible repository of pictorial and cultural information.
My Modern Met
Eva Baron
This volume proves that Black photojournalism and its impact reverberates through the centuries.
Inside Hook
Hannah Argo
From pivotal junctures in the civil rights movement to poignant moments from everyday life, this catalog, published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art, elevates a vital slice of history.
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Taken circa 1973, Ming Smith’s America Seen Through Stars and Stripes, New York City, NY is reproduced from Black Photojournalism, the catalog to the landmark exhibition on view through Monday, January 19—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Spanning from 1945 through 1984, this powerful 400-page compendium features work by 57 Black photographers, both well known (like Smith, Kwame Brathwaite and Gordon Parks) and overlooked (until now). “One of the most persistently powerful means of resistance that Black photographers have employed is to simply show us as we are,” Deborah Willis writes, “in our full humanity as families, workers, friends, lovers, artists and leaders. These photographers were on the frontlines, focusing their cameras on both the beautiful and the most painful moments in Black neighborhoods and communities…” continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 400 pgs / 55 color / 190 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $65.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $90 GBP £52.00 ISBN: 9780880390767 PUBLISHER: Carnegie Museum of Art AVAILABLE: 12/2/2025 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by Carnegie Museum of Art. Edited by Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Dan Leers. Foreword by Deborah Willis. Introduction by Eric Crosby. Roundtable discussion by Tina Campt.
A landmark survey of Black American photojournalism spanning 1945 to 1984, chronicling a critical period in the civil rights movements in the United States
This volume presents work by 57 Black photographers and contributions from scholars such as Joy Bivins, Tina M. Campt and Gerald Horne, chronicling historic events and daily life in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984, including the civil rights movements through the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Drawn from archives and collections in the care of journalists, libraries, museums, newspapers, photographers and universities, the photographs in the catalog were circulated and reviewed in publishing offices across the country.
Responding to a dearth of stories about Black lives told from the perspectives of Black people, Black publishers and their staff created groundbreaking editorial and photojournalistic methods and news networks. During a period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy, newspapers and magazines, including the Afro American News, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, Chicago Defender and Ebony, transformed how people were able to access seeing themselves and their communities. Their impact on the media landscape continues into the digital present.
The catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Carnegie Museum of Art. The exhibition and catalog are both designed by artist David Hartt, and organized and edited by Charlene Foggie-Barnett, Charles ""Teenie"" Harris, community archivist, and Dan Leers, curator of photography, in dialogue with an expanded network of archivists, curators, historians and scholars.
Photographers include: Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Don Hogan Charles, Adger Cowans, Guy Crowder, Roy DeCarava, Doris Derby, Bob Douglas, Louis Draper, Theodore Gaffney, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Chester Higgins, Kojo Kamau, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, Bruce Talamon, Deborah Willis-Ryan.
