photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
2018
A collection of photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located in Washington DC, that explores the theme of "everyday beauty" -- finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. Presents a variety of photographic styles from both amateur and professional photographers.
Presents color reproductions of paintings done by artist Andrew Wyeth of his African-American friends and neighbors in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, beginning in the 1930s and covering nearly seven decades.
Contains photographs and essays that examine the work of African-American artists held by the Art Institute of Chicago, and includes discussion of several works in which African-Americans are the subject.
Inspired by hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, an African-American artist explores the politics of race, slavery, and gender through a series of images from the South, with examples of her work justaposed with historical artworks.
Presents the author's meditations on twenty paintings by artist Rod Brown, designed to encourage reflection on the hardships faced by African-American slaves until their emancipation.
