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Photographs from Countdown to Eternity series

Title: Photographs from Countdown to Eternity series / Benedict J. Fernandez.
Author: Fernandez, Benedict J.
Publication: ©1993

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Description

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

Summary

Depictions of events during the last year in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as related events following his death, from 1967 to 1968, consisting of candid shots and views of King, his wife Coretta, family members, and colleagues and supporters; and views of public gatherings, speeches, marches and demonstrations, and funeral rites and a procession. Of note are views of King participating in the Solidarity Day march and rally in New York City (April 15, 1967); as keynote speaker at the National Conference for New Politics Convention, in Chicago (August 31, 1967); the viewing of King's body at Sisters Chapel, Spelman College, Atlanta (April 7, 1968); and King's funeral and funeral procession in Atlanta (April 9, 1968).
Other events depicted in early April 1968 following King's death include Mrs. King, Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers; groups of Memphis strikers and supporters gathering to honor King; and people on the street mourning for King. Also depicted are participants in the Poor People's Campaign, in Washington, D.C. (May-June 1968). Other individuals depicted include Manhattan (N.Y.) Borough President Percy Sutton, activist Dr. Benjamin Spock, activist and comedian Dick Gregory, and SNCC Chairman John Lewis. Additional images related to the final year of Dr. King's life may be found in Fernandez's "Countdown to Eternity" Portfolio.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1990-1999.
Group portraits – 1990-1999.
Gelatin silver prints – 1990-1999.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Two photographs bear photographer's hand stamp and handwritten captions on verso.
Images were originally captured in 1967 to 1968, and printed later in the early 1990s.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Benedict J. Fernandez, born in 1936 in New York City, is a photojournalist and educator. Fernandez, who had been mentored by art director and graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch, began, through Brodovitch, a long association in 1963 with the currently named Parsons the New School for Design, first as a darkroom manager, then later (1970) as photography department founder and chairman until 1992. During the 1960s, Fernandez's photojournalism included studies of New York City street life, the national activities of the civil rights movement, and documenting the last year in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During the 1990s, Fernandez was founder/CEO of the Hoboken (New Jersey) Almanac of Photography and Almanac Gallery. His published works include "In Opposition; Images of American Dissent in the Sixties" (1968), "Countdown to Eternity" (1993), "Protest" (1996), and "I Am a Man" (1996). Fernandez died in Oxford, New York, in 2021.

Publications (note)

Countdown to Eternity: the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Catalogue of the Exhibition of Photographs, by Benedict J. Fernandez. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 1993.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Fernandez, B.J.)

OCLC

1285296563

Author

Fernandez, Benedict J., photographer.

Title

Photographs from Countdown to Eternity series / Benedict J. Fernandez.

Copyright Date

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

Benedict J. Fernandez, born in 1936 in New York City, is a photojournalist and educator. Fernandez, who had been mentored by art director and graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch, began, through Brodovitch, a long association in 1963 with the currently named Parsons the New School for Design, first as a darkroom manager, then later (1970) as photography department founder and chairman until 1992. During the 1960s, Fernandez's photojournalism included studies of New York City street life, the national activities of the civil rights movement, and documenting the last year in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During the 1990s, Fernandez was founder/CEO of the Hoboken (New Jersey) Almanac of Photography and Almanac Gallery. His published works include "In Opposition; Images of American Dissent in the Sixties" (1968), "Countdown to Eternity" (1993), "Protest" (1996), and "I Am a Man" (1996). Fernandez died in Oxford, New York, in 2021.

Publications

Countdown to Eternity: the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Catalogue of the Exhibition of Photographs, by Benedict J. Fernandez. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, 1993.

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