Research Catalog

Title

Brooklyn Word Church / Steve Hart.

Author

Hart, Steve, 1962-

Publication

©1990

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

• 115 items (7 folders); 21 x 26 cm
• 58 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 57 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions of individuals and activities related to religious services at the Brooklyn Word Church, a Pentecostal church in Brooklyn, New York, during 1988-1989, consisting of candid shots and views of worshipers during and after services; views of ministers leading worshipers or laying hands on worshipers during services; views of worshipers socializing or engaging in religious activities outside of services; candid shots of children at home or participating in services; views of a wedding; and an exterior view of the church's storefront entrance. Of note are views of individuals in a religious furvor: dancing, raising and waving their hands, speaking in tongues, and collapsing to the floor. Also included are a small group of miscellaneous churches.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Gelatin silver prints > 1990-1999
• Group portraits > 1990-1999
• Portrait photographs > 1990-1999
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
• African Americans > Rites and ceremonies
• Religious gatherings > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > Spiritiual life > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
• African Americans > Religion
• African American Pentecostals > New York (State) > New York
• African American Pentecostal churches > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

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

Note

• Title based on photo captions.
• Most photographs bear photographer's hand stamp on recto; some items bear photographer's signature on recto. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; two items bear typewritten caption label on verso. Most items were printed full-frame. Some items are duplicates.
• Images were captured from 1988-1989, and printed in 1990.
• Located in Box 3 of Black Religion Project.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Steve Hart is a Brooklyn, New York, commercial photographer and video producer. Hart was a photojournalist from 1987-2001, working for various publications including the New York Times and People Magazine, and has taught photography at Rutgers University, the International School of Photography (New York), and the School of Visual Arts (New York). He also produced the CD/ROM "A Bronx Family Album: the Impact of AIDS" (1998), a photodocumentary about an HIV-positive couple's seven year struggle with the disease. Hart is currently co-owner of Happening Photos, a commercial photography company in New York.

Publications (note)

• Standing in the need of prayer: a celebration of Black prayer / by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; forward by Coretta Scott King. New York : Free Press, c2003.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Hart, S.)

OCLC

1285321102

Author

Hart, Steve, 1962- , photographer.

Title

Brooklyn Word Church / Steve Hart.

Copyright Date

©1990

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

Steve Hart is a Brooklyn, New York, commercial photographer and video producer. Hart was a photojournalist from 1987-2001, working for various publications including the New York Times and People Magazine, and has taught photography at Rutgers University, the International School of Photography (New York), and the School of Visual Arts (New York). He also produced the CD/ROM "A Bronx Family Album: the Impact of AIDS" (1998), a photodocumentary about an HIV-positive couple's seven year struggle with the disease. Hart is currently co-owner of Happening Photos, a commercial photography company in New York.

Publications

Standing in the need of prayer: a celebration of Black prayer / by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; forward by Coretta Scott King. New York : Free Press, c2003.

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Sc Photo Portfolio (Hart, S.)