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Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
BLACK photographers have been largely ignored by the mainstream media both here and in the US, so it is particularly welcome that this online virtual tour of the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is a reminder of what a powerful contribution to the art of photography such individuals have made.
Working Together features more than 150 photographs by Louis Draper and other members of the Kamoinge Workshop, a photography collective he helped found in New York in 1963, and he became one of its chief mentors.
On show are valuable documents and publications related to the formation of the collective and this exhibition explores the impact of this remarkable group of African-American artists on the history of photography in the latter part of the 20th century.
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