The Black Photographers Annual : Volume 3

An important document of the Black Arts Movement which promoted independent black-owned publications to support black artists. The series was curated and published by Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of African American photographers that had formed in the 60's.

Volume 3 of the series featuring black & white photographs from 40 African American photographers.

Scarce hardcover edition. Bottom corner of front and back boards is lightly bumped, causing a few pages corners to be slightly crease at same corner. Slight soiling or toning to front cover. Moderate soiling and staining to back cover. Personal library label adhered to inside of front cover. Page 86 is creased in middle. Page 88 corner is ripped and missing to corner of plate. No dust jacket. Unknown if originally published with jacket. Good condition.

Forward by Gordon Parks features poem "To A Black Artist"
Four page introductory essay by James Baldwin.
Edited by Joe Crawford.

Roy DeCarava interviewed by Joe Walker, followed by small portfolio of DeCarava photos.
Additional small photographic portfolios and essays on Ovie Carter, Matthew Lewis, Addison N Scurlock, Robert Van Lierop. (Photojournalism is more heavily represented in this volume by Robert Van Lierop and Pulitzer Prize-winners Matthew Lewis and Ovie Carter

The annual concludes with two pages advertising portfolios for sale: editions from DeCarava whose home address and phone number were included so that readers could contact him, and, offered by the Annual, Inc., a portfolio prints by various photographers.

8.7 x 10.2 inches