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Djola Branner photograph collection.

Title: Djola Branner photograph collection.
Author: Branner, Djola
Publication: [between 1983 and 2002?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Djola Branner Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1pc Branner, Djola Djola Branner papers, 1983-2010 (OCoLC)1232235933

Description

282 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 28 x 22 cm and smaller.
27 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
4 photographic prints : color ;
4 photographic prints : inkjet, color ;
3 contact sheets : gelatin silver, black and white ;
13 photocopies : black and white, some color ;
104 slides : color, some black and white ;
75 film negatives : gelatin silver, black and white ;
49 film negatives : color ;
3 scrapbook pages : clippings, photocopies and photographs on paper ;

Summary

Collection depicts aspects of the career of dancer, actor and playwright Djola Branner from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Collection consists of studio portraits of Branner, some in costume, which may have been used for publicity purposes; candid shots of Branner; group portraits showing Branner with fellow actors and friends; views of Branner teaching dance classes; publicity photographs and views of rehearsals for a dance production; and a series of slides used in a theatrical production. Some images are only available as contact sheets and negatives. Depictions of Branner's personal life are very limited; his professional activities after the early 2000s are not depicted.
Of note are group portraits of Branner with fellow Pomo Afro Homos troupe members Marvin K. White, Brian Freeman and Eric Gupton (1993-1994); studio portraits of Branner as Ghede from the dance production "Flesh & Spirit" (taken in 1989) and from the production "Mighty Real: a Tribute to Sylvester" (1999); publicity photographs from "Flesh & Spirit" that are mounted to scrapbook pages with an article about the production from the San Francisco Arts Weekly (June 1990); and slides depicting Southern historically Black colleges, historical Black figures including gay icons, and homo erotic love scenes that were projected during the theatrical production "Homos in the House" (1998).

Subject

Genre/Form

Gelatin silver prints – 1980-2009.
Dye coupler prints – 1980-1999.
Inkjet prints – 2000-2009.
Slides – 1990-1999.
Film negatives – 1980-1999.

Note

Title taken from Djola Branner Papers.
Some photographs bear photographer's signature on recto; some items have photographer's printed phone number label attached to verso. Many items have handwritten caption labels attached to verso; most negative and slide sleeves bear handwritten captions on recto; some items bear printed captions on recto.
All negatives and slides are stored in plastic sleeves. Some items are mounted to loose scrapbook pages. Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by Robert Giard, Tim Herwig and Weiferd Watts, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Bernard Djola Branner is an African American dancer, actor, playwright and theater arts teacher. Branner co-founded the performance group Pomo Afro Homos; has created such productions as The House that Crack Built, oranges & honey, Mighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester, Sweet Sadie and sash & trim; and been published in multiple anthologies including Black Gay Genius, In the Life, Monologues for Actors of Color, Staging Gay Lives and Colored Contradictions.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of Djola Branner Papers.

Call Number

Sc Photo Djola Branner Collection

OCLC

1304261296

Author

Branner, Djola, collector.

Title

Djola Branner photograph collection.

Production

[between 1983 and 2002?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

projected

Type of Carrier

sheet

slide

Terms Of Use

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Bernard Djola Branner is an African American dancer, actor, playwright and theater arts teacher. Branner co-founded the performance group Pomo Afro Homos; has created such productions as The House that Crack Built, oranges & honey, Mighty Real: A Tribute to Sylvester, Sweet Sadie and sash & trim; and been published in multiple anthologies including Black Gay Genius, In the Life, Monologues for Actors of Color, Staging Gay Lives and Colored Contradictions.

Linking Entry

Forms part of Djola Branner Papers.

Local Note

Sc MG 868

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Added Author

Alleyne, Usry, photographer.

Gentile, Pamela, photographer.

Giard, Robert, photographer.

Herwig, Tim, photographer.

Johnson, Kim D., photographer.

Posener, Jill, photographer.

Watts, Weiferd, photographer.

Werner, Dani, photographer.

Branner/JPPVideo, copyright holder.

Found In:

p1pc Branner, Djola Djola Branner papers, 1983-2010 (OCoLC)1232235933

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Djola Branner Collection

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