Picturing Us : African American Identity in Photography

Winner of the International Center for Photography's 1995 Award for Writing on Photography, this unique volume brings together a diverse group of African American writers, scholars, & filmmakers in the first concerted effort to analyze & respond to the photographic images of blacks through history. The contributors -- including bell hooks, E. Ethelbert Miller, Angela Davis, & others -- examine the personal & public issues embedded in family portraits & news photographs, movie stills & mug shots. The photographs & 18 essays in this book encourage the contemplation of the interconnectedness of African American identity & visual images in unconventional, enlightening ways. A worthy dialogue on an under-analyzed aspect of black history.ÓWillis, Deborah is the author of 'Picturing Us : African American Identity in Photography', published 2006 under ISBN 9780756798079 and ISBN 0756798078.