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Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones photograph collection.

Title: Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones photograph collection.
Author: Hemphill, Essex
Publication: [betwen 1985 and 1995?]

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p1pc Hemphill, Essex Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones collection, 1981-2008 (OCoLC)812533859

Description

17 items (one folder); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.
15 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
2 photographic prints : color ;

Summary

Collection depicts aspects of the professional activities of poet, performer and activist Essex Hemphill and musician, performer and creative partner Wayson Jones, from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Activities prior to mid-1980s or after the early 1990s are not depicted; depictions of personal lives are very limited. Collection consists of individual studio portraits of Hemphill; group portraits showing Hemphill with Jones; and a group portrait showing Jones and Christopher Prince as the neo-soul duo Night'skin. All of these images were probably used for publicity purposes, though Hemphill and Jones's collaborative works are not identified. Also included are undated candid shots of Hemphill and acquaintances.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1980-1999.
Group portraits – 1980-1989.
Publicity photographs – 1980-1999.
Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1999.
Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.

Note

Title taken from the Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection.
One photograph bears handwritten copyright notation by photographer on verso; some items bear handwritten notations on verso; one item has printed caption on recto.
Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by Daniel Cima and Barbara Kigozi.

Terms of Use (note)

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

Biography (note)

Essex Hemphill, 1957-1995, was a gay African American poet, performer and cultural activist; Wayson Jones, born in 1957, is a gay African American musician and performer. Roommates in college, their creative partnership began in 1983 when Jones joined Hemphill and keyboardist Larry Duckette in the poetry ensemble Cinque, which was featured in Marlon Briggs documentary "Tongues Untied" (1989). Hemphill and Jones became a duo in 1985, and received two residencies (1986 and 1987) at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia. Hemphill continued to write and perform until his death in 1995 due to AIDS-related illness; Jones works as a visual artist, notably for textured abstract paintings, based in the Washington, D.C, area.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection, 1981-2008.

Call Number

Sc Photo Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection

OCLC

1304491102

Author

Hemphill, Essex, collector.

Title

Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones photograph collection.

Production

[betwen 1985 and 1995?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

Essex Hemphill, 1957-1995, was a gay African American poet, performer and cultural activist; Wayson Jones, born in 1957, is a gay African American musician and performer. Roommates in college, their creative partnership began in 1983 when Jones joined Hemphill and keyboardist Larry Duckette in the poetry ensemble Cinque, which was featured in Marlon Briggs documentary "Tongues Untied" (1989). Hemphill and Jones became a duo in 1985, and received two residencies (1986 and 1987) at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia. Hemphill continued to write and perform until his death in 1995 due to AIDS-related illness; Jones works as a visual artist, notably for textured abstract paintings, based in the Washington, D.C, area.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection, 1981-2008.

Local Note

Sc MG 832

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Added Author

Jones, Wayson, 1957- , collector.

Cima, Daniel, photographer.

Kigozi, Barbara, photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Hemphill, Essex Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones collection, 1981-2008 (OCoLC)812533859

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones Collection

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