Digital Camera World on MSN15h
I find black-and-white photography freeing in a world of color-graded imagery
I love color grading, but its tumultuous nature means it’s 'in' one minute and 'out' the next. Black-and-white photography is ...
Redlands Daily Facts18h
Redlands library honors Black History Month, shares new books on slavery and its generational effects
New books discuss the enslavement of others and its legacy of continuing generational damage, challenging what it means to be ...
Smithsonian Magazine18h
The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene ...
Groundbreaking photographer Howard Simmons' work on display at Oak Park Public Library
A selection of his favorite images, curated from tens of thousands of negatives, are on display as part of series celebrating Black History Month.
oprahdaily14h
A New Book Highlights Rarely-Seen Photos of Black Triumph, Artistry, and History
Excerpted from a new photography book, Picturing Black History, these unearthed archival images you will see Josephine Baker, ...
The Sacramento Observer23h
The Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Passing
In the early 20th century — a time when men held most positions of authority — Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...