Charles “Teenie” Harris
American, 1908–1998 Duke Ellington at piano, with dancer Honey Coles and Billy Strayhorn looking on, in the Stanley Theatre, c. 1942–1943 black-and-white negative Heinz Family Fund Teenie Harris Archive© 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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Watching the Lindy Hop, 1937
Lovers at the Castro Street Fair, 1983 by Rink Foto
By Gordon Parks.
By Jamel Shabazz
another e x t r a ordinary day: Jamel Shabazz's Reflection, Portrait & Back in the Days
Jamel Shabazz has been documenting the ‘Urban Life’ for over 30 years. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY he picked up his first camera at the age of 15 and proceeded to record the world around him. Jamel has drawn inspiration from the great James Van Der Zee, Gordon Parks, Robert Capa, Chester…
I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.
~ Gordon Parks
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Note: I do not own anything posted nor will I claim to. Everything posted can be found on the internet and in books. :)
P.s- See any mistakes? let me know!
