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Telling the stories left out of history books: Catch celebrated photographer Deborah Willis at the Norton Museum

One of the nation's leading historians of African American photography, and a celebrated artist in her own right, has just concluded her residency at a South Florida museum. But there is still a ...
Yahoo

Legendary Photo Historian and Artist Deborah Willis Wins the $200,000 Don Tyson Prize

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deborah Willis, an artist and historian whose game-changing exhibitions and books have reshaped the study of photography, has won ...
OPB

‘Reflections in Black’ celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue

Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia in the 1890s taken by the photographer Thomas E. Askew is one of the hundreds of photos that comprise the book ...
WUFT

Artist Deborah Willis' work on African American culture visits Harn Museum

Since 2009, award-winning author Deborah Willis’ prestigious work has traveled the country. But for nearly five months, her master creation, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture,” will call the ...
Publishers Weekly

A SMALL NATION OF PEOPLE: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress

After his 1895 speech advocating economic opportunities for African-Americans, the press asked of Booker T. Washington, "Is He a New Negro?" According to photographic historian Deborah Willis, the ...
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Conversations With Debra Lee, Amy Sherald, Deborah Willis and Bisa Butler headline National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Women’s History Month celebrations

(Black PR Wire) – In honor of Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) March programming features events with prominent Black women ...
WLRN

'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue

For decades, Deborah Willis has dedicated her career to unearthing, cataloging and showcasing Black photographers and photographs of Black people. The MacArthur "Genius Award" winner is the author of ...