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Double exposure : everyday beauty : photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Title

Double exposure : everyday beauty : photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture / foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III ; essay by Robin Givhan.

Publication

London : GILES, 2018.
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Description

72 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some color); 18 cm.

Summary

This latest volume in the critically-acclaimed Double Exposure series presents a range of photographic styles by celebrated photographers as well as snapshots by unknown amateurs. It also features photos by, amongst many others, Wayne F. Miller, Arthur Rothstein, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Al Pereira, Frank . Stewart, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and Dawoud Bey, who has just been named as MacArthur Foundation 2017 ̀Genius' Grant Winner. There are remarkable images by African American photographer John Johnson- whose plate glass negatives offer a rare glimpse into the everyday life of African Americans in Lincoln, Nebraska before World War I-and studio portraits by the Calvert Brothers of Nashville, Tennessee, and William J. Kuebler, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the early twentieth century. Personal reflections by photographers Builder Levy and Zun Lee, and contributions from collector Adreinne Waheed and curator Rhea L. Combs are new features in this series.

Series Statement

Double Exposure

Uniform Title

Double exposure (Series) (National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.))

Alternative Title

Everyday beauty

Subject

Call Number

Sc C 18-57

ISBN

9781911282211
1911282212

OCLC

1031418371

Title

Double exposure : everyday beauty : photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture / foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III ; essay by Robin Givhan.

Publisher

London : GILES, 2018.

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Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Double Exposure

Double exposure (Series) (National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.))

Chronological Term

1800-2099

Added Author

Bunch, Lonnie G., III, writer of foreword.

Givhan, Robin, writer of essay.

National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

Research Call Number

Sc C 18-57

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