International Center for Photography, NYC – portraits of men and women of achievement from 1850 to the present:Earth Kitt, Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Judith Jamison.
The exhibition includes portraits produced by photographers such as Berenice Abbott, James VanDerZee, Edward Weston, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Carl Van Vechten.
It’s called the history of black achievement, but, needless to say only a fraction of the “accomplished” ones`during this period can be represented – but, still definitely worthwhile seeing.
According to the I.C.P site, this inaugurates the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, and features 86 pieces from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
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