november 12, 2020 - Whitney Museum

'Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop' at the Whitney Museum

Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop
November 21, 2020–March 28, 2021

Working Together is an unprecedented exhibition that chronicles the formative years of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of Black photographers established in #newyork City in 1963. The word “Kamoinge” (Gikuyu for “a group of people acting together”) reflects the ideal that animated the collective. In the early years, at a time of dramatic social upheaval, members met regularly to show and discuss each other’s work and to share their critical perspectives, technical and professional experience, and friendship. Deeply committed to photography’s power as an art form, they boldly and inventively depicted their communities as they saw and participated in them, rather than as they were often portrayed. This presentation focuses on the influential work of early Kamoinge members during the first two decades of the collective. It includes approximately 140 photographs by members: Anthony Barboza, Adger Cowans, Daniel Dawson, Louis Draper, Al Fennar, Ray Francis, Herman Howard, Jimmie Mannas, Herb Randall, Herb Robinson, Beuford Smith, Ming Smith, Shawn Walker, and Calvin Wilson. The photographs provide a powerful and poetic perspective of the 1960s and 1970s during the heart of the Black Arts Movement.

Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop is organized by Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, associate curator of modern and #contemporaryart at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The installation at the Whitney is overseen by Carrie Springer, assistant curator, with Mia Matthias, curatorial assistant.

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- Photogallery (16)

Louis Draper Untitled (Santos) 1968

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Shawn Walker Easter Sunday, Harlem (125th Street) 1972

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Ming Smith, America seen through Stars and Stripes, New York City, New York

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James %22Jimmie%22 Mannas No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964

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Herbert Randall Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi) 1964

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Herb Robinson Brother and Sister 1973

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Albert Fennar Salt Pile, 1971

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Anothony Barboza Kamoinge Members 1937

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Louis Draper Untitled (Santos) 1968

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Shawn Walker Easter Sunday, Harlem (125th Street) 1972

3512x2597, 1MB

Ming Smith, America seen through Stars and Stripes, New York City, New York

3900x2840, 3MB

James %22Jimmie%22 Mannas No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964

1800x2398, 1MB

Herbert Randall Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi) 1964

2707x4152, 2MB

Herb Robinson Brother and Sister 1973

2755x2007, 1MB

Albert Fennar Salt Pile, 1971

3900x3870, 4MB

Anothony Barboza Kamoinge Members 1937

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- Documents (17)

press release

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Louis Draper Untitled (Santos), 1968 caption

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Shawn Walker Easter Sunday, Harlem (125th Street) 1972

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Ming Smith America seen through Stars and Stripes 1976

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James %22Jimmie%22 Mannas (American, b. 1941) No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964 caption

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Herbert Randall Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi) 1964

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Herb Robinson Brother and Sister 1973 caption

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Albert Fennar Salt Pile 1971

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Anthony Barboza Kamoinge Members 1973

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Louis Draper Untitled (Santos), 1968 caption

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Shawn Walker Easter Sunday, Harlem (125th Street) 1972

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Ming Smith America seen through Stars and Stripes 1976

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James %22Jimmie%22 Mannas (American, b. 1941) No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964 caption

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Herbert Randall Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi) 1964

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Herb Robinson Brother and Sister 1973 caption

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Albert Fennar Salt Pile 1971

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Anthony Barboza Kamoinge Members 1973

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