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Foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III Self-Representation and Hope: The Power of the Picture by Rhea L. Combs America's Lens by Deborah Willis Catalogue Checklist

About the Author

Rhea Combs is a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture and head of the museum's Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts. Combs has written several articles on gender, sexuality, and African American visual culture as well as curated shows at museums both nationally and internationally, including: ICA-London, Spelman College and the Schomburg Center for Black Culture. Combs was a former photo curator for the international advertising firm, Wieden+Kennedy.

Deborah Willis has pursued a dual professional career as an art photographer and as one of the nation's leading historians of African American culture. She is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Historian, author, curator and educator, Lonnie G. Bunch, III is the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Reviews

"Compelling and historic"--Maurice Berger, The New York Times, Lens blog "Iconic photographs from African American history"--Maya Rhodan, TIME "Compact and irresistible" "An elegant and defining volume"--Booklist "A significant new series of books"--Conor Risch, Photo District News "A superb peek at the treasures of the museum"-Noella Ballenger, Apogee Photo Magazine


"Compelling and historic"--Maurice Berger, The New York Times, Lens blog "Iconic photographs from African American history"--Maya Rhodan, TIME "Compact and irresistible" "An elegant and defining volume"--Booklist "A significant new series of books"--Conor Risch, Photo District News "A superb peek at the treasures of the museum"-Noella Ballenger, Apogee Photo Magazine