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SHAWN WALKER CAPTURED HOPE IN 70S HARLEM:
i-D Mar 16, 2023The photographer turned his camera to glimmers of innocence in times of social turmoil. Coming of age in Harlem during the 1940s and 50s, photographer...Read more -
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SHAWN WALKER’S VINTAGE PHOTOS OUTDO TODAY’S PIXEL MIASMA
Village Voice Feb 3, 2023There was a time when photography was damned hard work: checking light meters and adjusting camera apertures, twirling focus rings. Whether carefully planned or serendipitously...Read more -
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HOW AN OVERLOOKED BLACK COLLECTIVE CARVED OUT PATHWAYS FOR A NEW GENERATION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
LA Times Aug 17, 2022Kamoinge, a photography collective made up of 12 members at the time, was familiar with mainstream media and art spaces overlooking their work. So they...Read more -
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GETTY MUSEUM OPENS MARVELOUS KAMOINGE WORKSHOP PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - LOS ANGELES TIMES
LA Times Jul 31, 2022At the J. Paul Getty Museum, “Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop” is an engrossing exhibition that charts the powerful impact of the...Read more -
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WORKING TOGETHER: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE KAMOINGE WORKSHOP AT THE GETTY CENTER
Getty Center Jul 19, 2022Working Together is the first major exhibition about the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of Black photographers formed in New York in 1963. Members of the...Read more -
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THE UNKNOWN RADICALS OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY
The Nation Feb 15, 2021A recent exhibition on the Kamoinge Workshop tells the story of a group of photographers who explored the artistic and political potential of the medium...Read more -
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'TAKE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF OUR PEOPLE'
The New York Times Dec 22, 2020Born in 1960s Harlem, the Kamoinge collective was influential in Black photography but ignored by the mainstream until recently. This exhibition should change that. Shawn...Read more -
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ADGER COWANS, LOUIS DRAPER, JIMMIE MANNAS, AND HERB ROBINSON FEATURED IN WORKING TOGETHER: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE KAMO
The Whitney Museum of American Art Nov 21, 2020Working Together is an unprecedented exhibition that chronicles the formative years of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of Black photographers established in New York City...Read more -
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VISIONS OF BLACKNESS: NEW YORK'S PHOTOGRAPHY PIONEERS
The Guardian Mar 25, 2020In 1963, Louis Draper set up a group of African American photographers dedicated to documenting black experiences. It was called the Kamoinge Workshop, meaning ‘people...Read more -
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WORKING TOGETHER: LOUIS DRAPER AND THE KAMOINGE WORKSHOP
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Feb 1, 2020
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