Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021


Exhibition works

15 total
Archival Materials
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Archival Materials


A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1".
A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1".

Kamoinge Workshop, Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1, 1964. Gelatin silver print: overall, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; purchase. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

Archival Materials

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A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1".
A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1".

Kamoinge Workshop, Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1, 1964. Gelatin silver print: overall, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; purchase. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1, 1964

This publication has been digitized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 2".
A portfolio cover that reads "Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 2".

Kamoinge Workshop, Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 2, 1965. Gelatin silver print: overall, 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of the Kamoinge Workshop. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 2, 1965

An exhibition announcement.
An exhibition announcement.

Exhibition announcement for Theme: Black, Kamoinge Workshop, New York, April 1965. Courtesy Shawn Walker Archive, Washington, DC

Theme: Black exhibition announcement

An invitation to a gallery exhibition.
An invitation to a gallery exhibition.

Exhibition announcement for The Negro Woman, Kamoinge Workshop, New York, 1965. Image: Louis Draper, Untitled (Woman in Crowd), c. 1959–65. Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Archives, Beuford Smith Archives (SC-32), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of the Beuford Smith Collection

Kamoinge Gallery Exhibition Announcement for The Negro Woman, 1965

The cover of a portfolio.
The cover of a portfolio.

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 1, 1973. Book, 10 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (26 × 22.2 cm). Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Rare Books Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Beuford Smith

Black Photographers Annual, Volume 1, 1973

This publication has been digitized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The cover of a portfolio.
The cover of a portfolio.

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2, 1974. Book, 10 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (26 × 22.2 cm). Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Rare Books Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Beuford Smith

Black Photographers Annual, Volume 2, 1974

This publication has been digitized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The cover of a portfolio.
The cover of a portfolio.

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3, 1976. Book, 10 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (26 × 22.2 cm). Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Rare Books Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Beuford Smith

Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3, 1976

This publication has been digitized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The cover of a portfolio.
The cover of a portfolio.

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4, 1980. Book, 10 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (26 × 22.2 cm). Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Rare Books Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4, 1980

This publication has been digitized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

The cover of a newsletter.
The cover of a newsletter.

International Black Photographers Newsletter, Winter 1981. Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm). Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library, Archives, Louis H. Draper Archives (VA-04), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; acquired from the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust with the Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment Fund

International Black Photographers Newsletter, 1981


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