- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 43 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Photographer Martha Gean Brock was born on September 19, 1958, in Isola, Mississippi. At Mississippi Valley State University, she was photographer and editor of the college yearbook. She graduated in 1980, with her B.S. degree in criminal justice. Her photographs of Alicia Keys, R. Kelly, Rosa Parks, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Michael Jordan, have appeared in The Chicago Defender, Jet, Ebony, Essence, N'Digo, Sister 2 Sister, Upscale and Vibe magazines. She established Martha Brock Photography in 1992. Brock specialized in celebrity, commercial, fashion, special events and public relations photography. Her photos are featured on the websites of Chicago's WVAZ, WGCI, and WPWX radio stations in Chicago. The Chicago Housing Authority and The Boys and Girls Clubs are among her clients. Brock is a founder of the Chicago Alliance of African American Photographer. She was elected to the Trustee Board of Oak Park, Illinois, in 2005.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Martha Brock-Leftridge
- Martha Brock-Leftridge
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994209043
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Martha Brock-Leftridge.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
024304
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Oak Park, Illinois 2006 September 24.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Photographer.
- Added Author
Brock-Leftridge, Martha, 1958- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.