Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985

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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 advance civil rights and Black self-determination. Photography and... Read More

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Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985

$119⁹⁹

Featuring more than 100 artists, this landmark book charts the intricate connections between photography and the Black Arts Movement

Description

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 advance civil rights and Black self-determination. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985 examines the vital role of photography in the evolution of the Black Arts Movement, revealing how photographs operated across art, community building, journalism, and political messaging to contribute to the development of a distinctly Black art and culture.

Works by Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Samuel Fosso, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Gordon Parks, Juan Sánchez, Robert A. Sengstacke, Lorna Simpson, Ming Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among dozens of other celebrated and underappreciated artists, span documentary and fashion photography, portraiture, collage, installation, performance, and video. Pictured luminaries include Miles Davis, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, and many more. The book’s essays by distinguished scholars focus on topics such as women and the movement, community, activism, and Black photojournalism.

Taking an expansive approach, the authors consider the complex connections between American artists and the African diaspora and the dynamic interchange of pan-African ideas that propelled the movement. Authoritative and beautifully illustrated, this is the definitive volume on photography and the Black Arts Movement.

Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington

Exhibition Schedule:

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
(September 21, 2025–January 4, 2026)

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
(February 24–May 24, 2026)

Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
(July 25–November 1, 2026)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300283501

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 August 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 170 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Makeda Best
Edited by Deborah Willis
Contributions by Cheryl Finley
Contributions by Audrey Sands
Edited by Philip Brookman
Contributions by Margo Natalie Crawford
Contributions by Romi Crawford
Contributions by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Contributions by Sarah Lewis
Preface by Angela Davis

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 222.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Philip Brookman is consulting curator in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Deborah Willis is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University.