Research Catalog

Title

African American church buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area / Brian V. Jones.

Author

Jones, Brian V., 1952-

Publication

1981-1989.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

• 38 items (9 folders); 36 x 28 cm
• 24 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 14 contact prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of the exterior views of African American church buildings located mostly in Washington, D.C., as well as in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland, during the mid to late-1980s, consisting mainly of Protestant churches, notably Baptist and Methodist, and one Roman Catholic church. Also depicted is a site marker for the original 19th Street Baptist Church, in Washington, D.C.; and the church sign for the Star-Lite Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois (1981). There are no depictions of building interiors, congregations or church activities.

Donor/Sponsor

Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Foundation.

Subjects

• Contact sheets > 1980-1989
• Gelatin silver prints > 1980-1989
• Architectural photographs > 1980-1989
• Protestant church buildings > United States
• Church buildings > Maryland
• Church buildings > Virginia
• Church buildings > Washington (D.C.)
• African American churches

Genre/Form

• Architectural photographs – 1980-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
• Contact sheets – 1980-1989.

Note

• Title based on photo captions.
• All enlarged photographs bear photographer's signature and handwritten captions on verso; all contact prints bear photographer's initialed and handwritten caption labels attached to recto.
• Most images were originally shot with color film and printed on black and white paper.
• Located in Box 9 of Black Religion Project.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Brian V. Jones, born in 1952 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is an African American photographer based in Maryland. Starting as a photojournalist for the Black press covering social and political activities, Jones, since 1980, has worked as a documentary photographer covering large scale urban and rural projects around Washington, D.C. and Maryland, Holocaust survivors, and the landscape of Caribbean islands. He has also produced commercial portrait and architectural photography. Jones currently teaches photography at Montgomery College, in Rockville, Maryland.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Jones, B.V.)

OCLC

1285306432

Author

Jones, Brian V., 1952- , photographer.

Title

African American church buildings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area / Brian V. Jones.

Production

1981-1989.

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

Brian V. Jones, born in 1952 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is an African American photographer based in Maryland. Starting as a photojournalist for the Black press covering social and political activities, Jones, since 1980, has worked as a documentary photographer covering large scale urban and rural projects around Washington, D.C. and Maryland, Holocaust survivors, and the landscape of Caribbean islands. He has also produced commercial portrait and architectural photography. Jones currently teaches photography at Montgomery College, in Rockville, Maryland.

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Sc Photo Portfolio (Jones, B.V.)