Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ronald Gilbert Baker.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Baker, Ronald Gilbert
• Hamilton, Racine Tucker
• Lane, Edgar Carey
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 23 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Photographer Ronald Gilbert Baker was born on June 4, 1949 in Washington, D.C. Baker received his high school diploma from Anacostia High School in 1967, and then worked as a clerk in the Public Affairs office of the Navy Department until 1971. From 1971 to 1973, Baker served in the U.S. Army as a guard stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He enrolled at Federal City College in 1976, majoring in cinematography, photography and mass media. That year, he was hired to photograph Van McCoy and Muhammad Ali. From 1976 to 1994, Baker worked at C&P Telephone Company while still pursuing his photography career. In 1979, Baker published his first book, Solid Images. His portfolio includes photographs of Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Bryant Gumbel, Colin Powell and Dick Gregory to name a few. He and his twin brother, also a photographer, worked on a book highlighting their work.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Ronald Gilbert Baker
• Ronald Gilbert Baker

Subject

• Baker, Ronald Gilbert > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Photographer

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.

OCLC

994208889

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ronald Gilbert Baker.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

042304

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Racine Tucker Hamilton, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.

Event

Recorded Largo, Maryland 2004 June 22.

Recorded Largo, Maryland 2004 August 9.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Photographer.

Added Author

Baker, Ronald Gilbert, interviewee.

Hamilton, Racine Tucker, interviewer.

Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.