Research Catalog
African burial ground
- Title
- African burial ground / by Leslie Arlette Boyce.
- Author
- Boyce, Leslie Arlette
- Publication
- 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Picture | Use in library | Sc Photo Portfolio (Boyce, L.A.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 2 items (one folder); 28 x 36 cm
- 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- Summary
- Consists of views of the procession for the coffins bearing remains of African slaves being taken to the site of the African Burial Ground, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, in 2004. One image, entitled "A New Day to Mourn," shows two women who are accompanying the remains to the burial ground; the second image, entitled "Overdue II," is a view of the coffins on a horse-drawn wagon, as it passes under the FDR Drive along South Street.
- Subjects
- Gelatin silver prints > 2000-2009
- Portrait photographs > 2000-2009
- Coffins > New York (State) > New York
- Weepers (Mourners) > New York (State) > New York
- Funeral rites & ceremonies > New York (State) > New York > 2000-2009
- African Americans > Funeral customs and rites > New York (State) > New York
- African Burial Ground (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 2000-2009.
- Gelatin silver prints – 2000-2009.
- Note
- Titled based on website information.
- Both photographs bear the photographer's signature on verso; both items have caption and copyright information labels attached to verso.
- Images were captured in 2004; prints are dated 2003.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Leslie Arlette Boyce is a photographer and choreographer, with a background in the visual and performing arts. As an educator, she was a visting professor in the Dance Department at Bard College (1992-2009). Boyce's work of dance and documentary photography includes series on New York City's African Burial Ground (2004) and the neighborhood of Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn (2000-2002), and the dance series "Passion in Motion" and "Motion, and Then Some" (2008).
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Boyce, L.A.)
- OCLC
- 1275393265
- Author
- Boyce, Leslie Arlette, photographer.
- Title
- African burial ground / by Leslie Arlette Boyce.
- Production
- 2004.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Terms Of Use
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography
- Leslie Arlette Boyce is a photographer and choreographer, with a background in the visual and performing arts. As an educator, she was a visting professor in the Dance Department at Bard College (1992-2009). Boyce's work of dance and documentary photography includes series on New York City's African Burial Ground (2004) and the neighborhood of Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn (2000-2002), and the dance series "Passion in Motion" and "Motion, and Then Some" (2008).
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- Sc Photo Portfolio (Boyce, L.A.)