Published in cooperation with Carnegie Museum of Art With an introduction by Deborah Willis The famous faces of Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, and John F. Kennedy appear among the nearly eighty thousand photographs of Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908-1998). But it's in the images of other, ordinary people and neighborhoods that Harris shows us a city and an era teeming with energy, culture, friendship, and family. Harris captured the essence of African American life in ...
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Published in cooperation with Carnegie Museum of Art With an introduction by Deborah Willis The famous faces of Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, and John F. Kennedy appear among the nearly eighty thousand photographs of Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908-1998). But it's in the images of other, ordinary people and neighborhoods that Harris shows us a city and an era teeming with energy, culture, friendship, and family. Harris captured the essence of African American life in Pittsburgh, and his work in Pittsburgh's Hill District surpasses that of all other photographers in its breadth and rich portrayal of black urban America. Winner of the 2012 BCALA Literary Award
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Near Fine. Original photograph, 8 x 10 inches, depicting a house fire with firefighters at work and a small crowd beginning to gather. Likely taken in Pittsburgh's Hill District, where Harris lived. The photo has Harris' studio stamp on the verso, dated September 1974. Condition is generally Very Good, with some light surface soil and finger creasing at the top right edge. Please see photos. Offered together with a Near Fine copy of the 2011 catalog produced for the large exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (large oblong quarto, stiff wraps, 192 pp., illustrated). Original Teenie Harris (1908-1998) photographs are RARE on the market. Harris was one of the chief photographers of Black life in Pittsburgh from the 1930s on, and was known as "One Shot Harris" for his quick journalistic studies that told evocative stories. He is now considered one of the finest chroniclers of African-American life of the 20th Century.
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New. 0822944146. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--208 pp.; 195 illus. --with a bonus offer--
