Varnette P. Honeywood, 1950-2010
Lucy, 1997-2010
My heart is absolutely broken.
When I moved to Rochester last summer, my dog Lucy, who had been my partner’s dog since she was found as a puppy, moved with me. Though I’d always heard of people who considered their pets their best friends, I never thought of myself as one, yet she saved my life. [...]
Charles Moore, Civil Rights-Era Photographer, Dies at 79
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Moore braved physical peril to capture searing images that many credit with helping to propel landmark civil rights legislation.
Full Story:
www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/arts/16moore.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
Collector Paul R. Jones 1928 – 2010
There isn’t a published obituary yet. For information about Jones’ collection, go to http://www.udel.edu/museums/jones/jones-pages05/about1.html
Updated: Photographer Sheila Bright has uploaded portraits she made of Jones here: http://sheilapreebright.blogspot.com/2010/02/paul-r-jones-american-collector-rip.html
Avery Clayton dies at 62; carried on mother’s work through African American library-museum
The collection assembled by the retired art teacher’s mother is a treasure trove of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, feature films and other African American artifacts.
To read the obituary go to http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-avery-clayton28-2009nov28,0,7976018.story
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- Taking a Break February 8, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]