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Spiritual revival at Second Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Houston, Texas
- Title
- Spiritual revival at Second Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Houston, Texas / Paul Vincent Kuntz.
- Author
- Kuntz, Paul Vincent, 1961-
- Publication
- 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 (Kuntz, P.V.) | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Details
- Description
- 11 items (one folder); 28 x 36 cm
- 11 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
- Summary
- Depictions of a revival service at the Second Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Houston's Third Ward, in 1986, consisting of candid shots and views of congregants praying and catching the spirit; candid shots of ministers, ushers and the church organist; and a view of mostly young children sitting in the church pews. Also depicted is an exterior view of the church building; and a view of the open casket and mourners at a wake held in the Johnson Funeral Home.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.
- Subjects
- Gelatin silver prints > 1980-1989
- Group portraits > 1980-1989
- Portrait photographs > 1980-1989
- Houston (Tex.)
- Funeral rites & ceremonies > Texas > Houston > 1980-1989
- Religious gatherings > Texas > Houston
- African Americans > Spiritual life > Texas > Houston > 1980-1989
- African American Baptists > Texas > Houston
- African Americans > Religion
- Genre/Form
- Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
- Group portraits – 1980-1989.
- Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.
- Note
- Title taken from description of photography projects on the photographer's website.
- All photographs bear handwritten captions on verso; three items bear photographer's signature on recto. All items are printed full frame.
- Located in Box 9 of Black Religion Project.
- Images were part of the series "Inside Houston's Third Ward," a documentary project chronicling the lifestyle and culture of the ward's African American community in Houston, Texas, from 1986-1988.
- Terms of Use (note)
- Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
- Biography (note)
- Paul Vincent Kuntz, born in 1961, is an American photographer based in Houston, Texas. Kuntz has documented the lives and activities of the African American community in Houston's Third Ward (1986-1988); has produced, since the late 1990s, a series of street scenes, landscapes and architectural views using plastic toy cameras; and is the public relations photographer at Texas Children's Hospital. Kuntz is also an established jazz pianist.
- Call Number
- Sc Photo Portfolio (Kuntz, P.V.)
- OCLC
- 1285306255
- Author
- Kuntz, Paul Vincent, 1961- , photographer.
- Title
- Spiritual revival at Second Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Houston, Texas / Paul Vincent Kuntz.
- Production
- 1986.
- 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
- Paul Vincent Kuntz, born in 1961, is an American photographer based in Houston, Texas. Kuntz has documented the lives and activities of the African American community in Houston's Third Ward (1986-1988); has produced, since the late 1990s, a series of street scenes, landscapes and architectural views using plastic toy cameras; and is the public relations photographer at Texas Children's Hospital. Kuntz is also an established jazz pianist.
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- Sc Photo Portfolio (Kuntz, P.V.)