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Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

Piper, Brian
Lord, Russell
Mason, John Edwin

Hardcover

American Art - African American & BlackGeneral PhotographyPhotography History & Criticism

Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 030026738X
ISBN13: 9780300267389
Publisher: New Orleans Museum of Art
Published: May 9 2023
Pages: 228
Weight: 3.35
Height: 1.02 Width: 10.00 Depth: 11.26
Language: English
A timely reconsideration of the history of photography that places Black studio photographers, and their subjects, at the center

From photography's beginnings in the United States, Black studio photographers operated on the developing edge of popular media to produce affirming portraits for their clients, as well as a wide range of photographic work rooted in their communities. Called to the Camera offers a comprehensive history of this work, from the nineteenth-century daguerreotypes of James Presley Ball to the height of Black studios in the mid-twentieth century, and considers contemporary photographers responding to Black studio traditions today. In addition to showcasing famous photographers such as Ball, James Van Der Zee, and Addison Scurlock, this volume brings attention to dozens of other artists across the country, including Florestine Perrault Collins, Austin Hansen, and Henry Clay Anderson. The book features more than one hundred extraordinary vintage photographs, many of them unique objects and some, like those by the Hooks Brothers Studio, published here for the first time. Highlighting Black subjects on both sides of the camera, Called to the Camera presents a broader and more inclusive history of photography.

Distributed for the New Orleans Museum of Art

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