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A black and white book cover featuring a high-contrast silhouette of a person in profile against a bright white background, with large dark text reading “PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT 1955–1985.”.
A vintage-style collage showing multiple sepia-toned photographs arranged on a tan paper background, with a caption at the bottom identifying it as a Malick Sidibe, 1970, 11 gelatin silver prints.
A black and white art print featuring a photograph of a damaged stained glass window of a church, captioned with text noting Vernon Meintz 1963 and summary abouta book and Ku Klux Klan rallies of the period.
Newsweek magazine cover from April 15, 1965, featuring a high-contrast red, black, and white cover photo with a soldier and the headline 'profile of the Viet Cong'.
A black and white art print featuring a photograph by Gordon Parks of a young boy looking up at a white doll and a black doll dolls held by hands of a teacher in a classroom. The print is presented with a white border and a caption at the bottom identifying it as a National Gallery of Art print.
Black and white photograph print depicting a young girl in a plaid dress looking into a window labeled 'Capitol Children's Shop' while a man kneels on the sidewalk with a movie camera.
A black-and-white historical photograph print showing a group of people standing in front of a small house, with caption text below reading 'Julia Lettert, Shamrock Family, Spring, Mississippi Delta, 1965, printed later.'.
An abstract architectural collage by Romare Beardon in black, white, gray, and pink with silhouetted human figures. Small caption text appears below the artwork, and the overall image is photographed against a white background.
A rectangular collage of black-and-white photo portraits and objects overlaid with diagonal tan tape, with a red background area. Below the artwork is the text 'Romare Bearden, 11th Street Harlem Blues, 1972.
Black and white portrait print of Bob Marley, with his signature dreadlocks, wearing a dark turtleneck sweater. The print is shown with a white border and a caption at the bottom.
A black and white historical photograph print by Dawoud Bey of a man performing with a microphone and a portable speaker, captioned below with 'Dawoud Bey: The Blues Singer, Harlem, NY, 1976'.
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Yale University Press

Look Inside Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985

Edited by Philip Brookman and Deborah Willis

Preface by Angela Davis

Contributions by Makeda Best, Margo Natalie Crawford, Romi Crawford, Cheryl Finley, Sarah Lewis and Audrey Sands

The Black Arts Movement brought together writers, filmmakers, and visual artists who were exploring ways of using art to advance civil rights and Black self-determination. This book examines the vital role of photography in the evolution of the Black Arts Movement, revealing how photographs operated across art, community building, journalism, and political messaging to contribute to the development of a distinctly Black art and culture.

Works by Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Samuel Fosso, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Gordon Parks, Juan Sánchez, Robert A. Sengstacke, Lorna Simpson, Ming Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among dozens of other celebrated and underappreciated artists, span documentary and fashion photography, portraiture, collage, installation, performance, and video.

Hardcover / 288 Page / 8.75 × 10.00 in / 170 color + b-w illus.

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