CAAM | Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive

Presented at Art + Practice 3401 W. 43rd Place Los Angeles, CA 90008 Throughout the twentieth century, nearly every small town in the United States boasted a local studio photographer. These skilled image makers were dedicated to recording the people and events of their communities. Much of this vernacular visual culture has been dispersed or destroyed. Kinship & Community takes a look at a rare slice of that history, focusing on the work of Black photographers working in urban neighborhoods and rural villages across eastern Texas from 1944 to 1984. Central to the exhibition is the role of the community photographer, who documents, even shapes, … Read More