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Shawn Walker, Easter Sunday, Harlem (125th Street) (1972). Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of Art. © Shawn Walker.
“‘With all the untapped talent amidst [the group’s members], there was no reason why it should not be developed and expressed,’ Draper recalled. ‘Thus it is valid to state that the Kamoinge Workshop, while operating within an arena of negation, was primarily forged in an atmosphere of hope and not despair.’”
The Kamoinge Workshop was featured in Artnet News (@artnet). Read the full piece here!
We are endlessly grateful to the Henry Nias Foundation for its continued support of PCPP's internship program. This contribution enables PCPP to involve undergraduate students from backgrounds under-represented in the museum and archive fields in the work and dialogue surrounding the preservation of an American photographic legacy. Thanks to the Henry Nias Foundation’s generous support, these students gain valuable experience in photographic archives and collections management preparing them for advanced study and careers in museums or archives after graduation.
Charis Morgan of PCPP sat down with Danny Dawson to discuss his earliest days in the darkroom at age 14, his experience working as the archivist for James Van Der Zee’s collection, the influence of African and Afro-American spirituality on his photography, and much more.
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