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Daufuskie Island

Title: Daufuskie Island / Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.
Author: Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, 1951-
Publication: 1977-1982.

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Description

19 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 28 x 36 cm
19 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of the descendants of the Gullah people residing in South Carolina, specifically on Daufuskie Island, from 1977 to 1982, consisting of posed portraits and candid shots of men, women and children at home, working or attending church; and views of laundry being done, shrimpers, religious services, a boat operator, children walking along a wooded path, and a child riding a ferry. Also included are a view of a kitchen and the exterior of the island's Union Baptist Church.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1970-1989.
Geltin silver prints – 1970-1989.

Note

Title based on photo captions.
All photographs bear photographer's signature and handwritten captions on verso.
All images appear in the publication "Daufuskie Island: A Photographic Essay."

Terms of Use (note)

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1951, is a photographer and civic activist. She has done freelance and photojournalistic work for various journals and clients including Ebony, World Tennis, the United Negro College Fund and Philip Morris. Moutoussamy-Ashe has also published books either featuring her work or about photography, notably "Daufuskie Island: A Photographic Essay" (1982), "Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers, 1839-1985" (1986), and "Daddy and Me: a Photo Story About Arthur Ashe and his Daughter, Camera" (1993), about her late husband tennis great Arthur Ashe and families facing AIDS.

Publications (note)

Daufuskie Island : a photographic essay / by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe ; with a foreword by Alex Haley. Columbus, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 1982.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Moutoussamy-Ashe, J. Daufuskie Island)

OCLC

1281707106

Author

Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, 1951- , photographer.

Title

Daufuskie Island / Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.

Production

1977-1982.

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

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1951, is a photographer and civic activist. She has done freelance and photojournalistic work for various journals and clients including Ebony, World Tennis, the United Negro College Fund and Philip Morris. Moutoussamy-Ashe has also published books either featuring her work or about photography, notably "Daufuskie Island: A Photographic Essay" (1982), "Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers, 1839-1985" (1986), and "Daddy and Me: a Photo Story About Arthur Ashe and his Daughter, Camera" (1993), about her late husband tennis great Arthur Ashe and families facing AIDS.

Publications

Daufuskie Island : a photographic essay / by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe ; with a foreword by Alex Haley. Columbus, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 1982.

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