Photography

During the Jim Crow era, a group of Atlantic City hotel owners and politicians agreed to designate Missouri Avenue Beach, later nicknamed Chicken Bone Beach, as sandy space where thousands of African American vacationers could enjoy the pleasures of...

This stunning collection of images celebrates the remarkable career of Burnis Mac McCloud, Denver's premiere Black photographer between 1950 and 1980. His remarkable photographs, focused on Denver's Five Points community, captured the ordinary lives of...

A deeply moving photographic and narrative history of a southern waterway that the enslaved were forced to build for mercantile shipping--but which they used to escape slavery. With gorgeously rich tritone photographs and a hard-bound cover with tip-in,...

This volume presents the first visual history of the people and organizations that led the fight for change during the civil rights era in Los Angeles. During a 1963 speech to a crowd of nearly forty thousand at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, Dr. Martin...

An astounding collection of photographs from a renowned poetCreated during the tumultuous years of 2020 and 2021, Love's Austere and Lonely Offices: Street Portraits and Poems intersects the lens of accomplished poet and photographer Marcus Jackson with...

Hollywood's Greatest Films Reimagined--Boldly, Beautifully, and Unapologetically Black Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments invites you to rediscover cinema's most legendary scenes through stunning new recreations--starring over...

Available for the first time since 1978, The Harlem Book of the Dead showcases James Van Der Zee's unflinching creative visionOriginally published in 1978, The Harlem Book of the Dead is a haunting and beautiful document of Black funerary traditions in...

This tenth volume in the Double Exposure series presents a variety of powerful photographs that feature the American flag.This volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of the opening of the NMAAHC and celebrations surrounding the signing of the...

A visual celebration of André Leon Talley's life that centers his personal style as a lens on his contributions to fashion history. This lavish volume reflects on the life of André Leon Talley and his impactful ascent to the height of global fashion...

Featuring more than 100 artists, this landmark book charts the intricate connections between photography and the Black Arts Movement The Black Arts Movement brought together writers, filmmakers, and visual artists who were exploring ways of using art to...

These striking studio portraits, curated and brought together following ten years of research championed by Autograph, constitute the most comprehensive collection of nineteenth-century photography depicting the Black subject in the Victorian era,...

The life's work of one of the most important photojournalists of our time, covering major events in American history from the 1960s to presentStephen Shames is an American photojournalist for more than five decades. In his award-winning photo essays, he...