Called to the camera : Black American studio photographers / Brian Piper with John Edwin Mason, Carla Williams, and Russell Lord ; foreword by Susan Taylor.

From photography's beginnings in the United States, Black studio photographers operated on the developing edge of popular media to produce affirming portraits for their clients, as well as a wide range of photographic work rooted in their communities. Called to the Camera offers a comprehensive hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Piper, Brian (Art museum curator) (Author)
Mason, John Edwin (Author)
Williams, Carla, 1965- (Author)
Lord, Russell (Author)
Corporate Author: New Orleans Museum of Art (Host institution, Publisher)
Other Authors: Taylor, Susan M. (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: [New Orleans] : New Orleans Museum of Art, [2023]
Subjects:
African American portrait photographers > Exhibitions.
African American photographers > Exhibitions.
African Americans > Portraits > Exhibitions.
African Americans in art > Exhibitions.
Black people in art > Exhibitions.
Portrait photography > United States > History > Exhibitions.
Photographes portraitistes noirs américains > Expositions.
Photographes noirs américains > Expositions.
Photographie > États-Unis > Histoire > Expositions.
Portraits (Photographie) > États-Unis > Expositions.
African American photographers.
Photography.
History.
United States.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photobooks.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Portraits
Expositions.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photobooks.
Physical Description:226 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Black American studio photographers
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Susan M. Taylor
  • Introduction / Russell Lord
  • "Where there's beauty we take it, and where there's none we can make it:" the work of Black American photography studios / Brian Piper
  • Nobody's "faithful servant:" Henry Martin represents himself / John Edwin Mason
  • The art of seeing as being seen / Carla Williams.