Black Photojournalism is a podcast featuring conversations between contemporary artists, journalists, historians, and photographers about a period in the United States from the conclusion of World War II in 1945 to the presidential campaigns of 1984 when Black-owned media transformed how people were able to access seeing themselves and their communities. Hosted by renowned author and journalist Mark Whitaker, the series explores this period of urgent social change and civil rights advocacy in different cities and regions around the nation.
Black Photojournalism
A Podcast from Carnegie Museum of Art
Episodes
In the first episode ofĀ Black Photojournalism, artist Hank Willis Thomas talks about growing up in a household that hosted numerous Black photojournalists and how that influenced his practice. Host Mark Whitaker and Charlene Foggie-Barnett, community archivist for the Charles āTeenieā Harris archive, discuss their personal connections to Pittsburgh and the rich Black history of the city.
Featuring: Adger Cowans, Charlene Foggie-Barnettm, Theaster Gates, Marilyn Nance, Ming Smith, Shawn Walker, Hank Willis Thomas, and Claytee D. White
Support
Black Photojournalism is presented by BNY.
Major support for this exhibition has been provided by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment. Significant support for this exhibition has been provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Black PhotojournalismĀ has been made possible in part by a major grant from theĀ National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Support for this exhibitionās catalogue has been provided by Arts, Equity, & Education FundTM, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, and John Bauerlein.
In-kind support for this exhibition has been provided by Herman Miller.
Carnegie Museum of Artās exhibition program is supported by the Carnegie Museum of Art Exhibition Fund and The Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art.
Carnegie Museum of Art is supported by The Heinz Endowments and Allegheny Regional Asset District. Carnegie Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
