Ethnic Portraiture

[Kimberly Anderson]

Hey gang,

I'm preparing a lecture for my documentary photography class about portraiture of specific people. I am asking them to narrow down their portraiture a bit and find a narrow group of individuals and try to give the portraits a bit of a theme and direction. Some examples of photographers I will be showing them are:

Lewis Hine
August Sander
Edward S. Curtis
Phil Borges
Don Dudenbostel
Walter Iooss

I'm looking for a broader selection, both historic and contemporary examples of photographers who have done significant bodies of work within a narrow segment of the populace.

This is kind of like you doing my homework for me, but kind of not. I enjoy learning about new photographers and the best way to do that is to ask what other people like.

Thanks for any suggestions!

[Kirk Gittings]

Miguel Gandert

[Kimberly Anderson]

Who shot the portraits of the Hispanic neighborhood around Dodger's Stadium in Los Angeles in the '50's? Medium format...B&W... Dang, can't remember.

EDIT: Don Normark

LINK

Kirk, thanks!

[jnantz]

would irving penn's (visions in a small room) fit the bill ?

[Jac@stafford.net]

Your list of photographers are mostly dead people. Culture changes.

Why seek to make distinctions where none exist, or where the lines are converging?
This is not the 19th century.

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[Kimberly Anderson]

You teach your class, I'll teach mine.

[Walter Calahan]

Julia Margaret Cameron

Mark Ellen Mark

Lauren Greenfield

need more women on your list

[Kimberly Anderson]

I am not trying to create a list of great photographers, which all of those women certainly are. I'm looking for photographers that created bodies of work about specific groups of people. I'm not aware of any of these fine women (whom I all look up to BTW) that have made portraits in that vein. If you have any links Walter, I would LOVE to be able to share them. Especially considering that the class I am teaching is made up entirely of women. It would be nice to show more women, I agree completely.

We are doing a special unit on Dorothea Lange and will be visiting the BYU Museum of Art which has a collection of her work, and the curator of photoraphy, Diana Turnbow is an expert and an author on Lange. We will be looking at her 'Three Mormon Towns' work specifically, so her photography there certainly counts.

Thanks and keep 'em coming!

I'll do a little poking around and see what I can find.

[cowanw]

Harlem photographers
http://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/Harle...otographs.html
Van Leo in Egypt
August Sander in Germany
Hashem El Madani in Lebanon

[NER]

P.H. Polk

N. Riley
http://normanrileyphotography.com