Research Catalog

Title

[Religious themes in Harlem and Los Angeles] / Jeffrey Henson Scales.

Author

Scales, Jeffrey Henson, 1954-

Publication

1978-1988.

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Details

Description

• 12 items (2 folders); 26 x 21 cm
• 12 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Depictions mainly of religious-themed objects, signage and structures in Harlem, New York, from 1986 to 1988, consisting views of church buildings along 116th Street; a storefront converted into a church; a portrait of Jesus in the headlight of a car; a sign indicating the pending construction of a church; a crooked "Jesus Saves" cross on the side of a building; a prayer or revival tent; a vacant lot used for church parking; a rubble strewn lot with a church in the background; and an abandoned building with a cross-shaped opening in the sealed doorway. Also included are two portraits of a street evangelist and a Jehovah's Witness in Los Angeles, California (1978).

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

• African Americans > Religion
• African American evangelists > California > Los Angeles
• Religious articles > New York (State) > New York
• Signs and signboards > New York (State) > New York
• Church buildings > New York (State) > New York
• Vacant lots > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
• Abandoned buildings > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
• Street photography
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

Gelatin silver prints – 1970-1989.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• All photographs bear photographer's name and captions handwritten on verso. All prints are printed full frame.
• Located in Box 8 of Black Religion Project.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Jeffrey Scales, born in 1954 in San Francisco, California, is an African American photographer. He was given by his father his first camera at age 11; by age 14 Scales had his work published in the Black Panther Party's newspaper and Time Magazine. He has subsequently become a successful editorial, documentary, and commercial photographer, working on record covers, film posters and publicity campaigns. His documentary work, depicting Black communities in the U.S., includes projects on Chicago blues musicians, Black teen gangs in Los Angeles, the lives of young Black men, and a photo series depicting everyday life in Harlem. Scales also served as photo editor for the L.A. Weekly (1979), has been a photography editor for the New York Times since 1998, and an adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University since 2005. Scales and his wife, artist/writer Meg Henson Scales, also own a Harlem-based photo archive and a multimedia company.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Scales, J.H. Black religion project)

OCLC

1285382872

Author

Scales, Jeffrey Henson, 1954- , photographer.

Title

[Religious themes in Harlem and Los Angeles] / Jeffrey Henson Scales.

Production

1978-1988.

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

Jeffrey Scales, born in 1954 in San Francisco, California, is an African American photographer. He was given by his father his first camera at age 11; by age 14 Scales had his work published in the Black Panther Party's newspaper and Time Magazine. He has subsequently become a successful editorial, documentary, and commercial photographer, working on record covers, film posters and publicity campaigns. His documentary work, depicting Black communities in the U.S., includes projects on Chicago blues musicians, Black teen gangs in Los Angeles, the lives of young Black men, and a photo series depicting everyday life in Harlem. Scales also served as photo editor for the L.A. Weekly (1979), has been a photography editor for the New York Times since 1998, and an adjunct professor at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University since 2005. Scales and his wife, artist/writer Meg Henson Scales, also own a Harlem-based photo archive and a multimedia company.

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Sc Photo Portfolio (Scales, J.H. Black religion project)