Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021

Exhibition works

15 total
Louis Draper
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Louis Draper

A close up portrait of a face.
A close up portrait of a face.

Anthony Barboza, Louis Draper, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 8 13/16 × 6 1/8 in. (22.4 × 15.6 cm); image: 8 1/16 × 5 5/8 in. (20.5 × 14.3 cm); mount: 13 × 7 1/4 in. (33 × 18.4 cm); frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art.  © Anthony Barboza

Louis Draper

Born 1935 in Richmond, VA
Died 2002 in Trenton, NJ

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Fabric hung with clothespins within a dark background.
Fabric hung with clothespins within a dark background.

Louis H. Draper, Congressional Gathering, 1959. Gelatin silver print: sheet; 13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (35.4 × 28.1 cm); image, 13 × 9 5/16in. (33 × 23.7 cm); frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Congressional Gathering, 1959

A woman at the end of a long road.
A woman at the end of a long road.

Louis H. Draper, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi, c. 1960. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm); image, 7 × 10 1/4 in. (17.8 × 26 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2016.145. © Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust

Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi, c. 1960

A person with their back turned with a person sitting on a staircase holding a cigarette, and a person leaning on a railing.
A person with their back turned with a person sitting on a staircase holding a cigarette, and a person leaning on a railing.

Louis Draper, John Henry, 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm); image, 10 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (27.3 × 27.5 cm); frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Courtesy the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

John Henry, 1960s

A man with a cigar passing by a glass wall showing a lamp and poster.
A man with a cigar passing by a glass wall showing a lamp and poster.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled, 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm); image, 5 15/16 × 8 1/2 in. (15.1 × 21.6 cm); frame, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled, 1960s

A black man and a young boy dressed in suits standing outside on a street with a white man in uniform standing nearby.
A black man and a young boy dressed in suits standing outside on a street with a white man in uniform standing nearby.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled (Black Muslims), 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 8 9/16 × 9 13/16 in. (21.7 × 24.9 cm); image, 8 1/4 × 9 1/2in. (21 × 24.1 cm); frame: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Louis H. Draper Trust. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled (Black Muslims), 1960s

A dark pavement with a large puddle reflecting a source of light.
A dark pavement with a large puddle reflecting a source of light.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled, c. 1960s Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 9 11/16 × 6 5/8in. (24.6 × 16.8 cm) Frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled, c. 1960s

A man wearing a hat pushing a cart with railings on a street.
A man wearing a hat pushing a cart with railings on a street.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled (Garment Workers), 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 9 9/16 × 11 1/2 in. (24.3 × 29.2 cm); image, 6 15/16 × 9 1/2in. (17.6 × 24.1 cm); frame: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled (Garment Workers), 1960s

John Coltrane playing a saxophone.
John Coltrane playing a saxophone.

Louis H. Draper, John Coltrane, 1960–67. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (24 × 16 cm). Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC; gift of Nell Draper-Winston. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

John Coltrane, 1960–67

A close-up of a boy looking toward the right.
A close-up of a boy looking toward the right.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled (Lincoln Center), 1964. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; purchase. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled (Lincoln Center), 1964

Two people sitting inside a subway talking to one another.
Two people sitting inside a subway talking to one another.

Louis H. Draper, Untitled (Noisy Panthers Disrupt Trial), 1966-72. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm); image, 8 9/16in. (21.7 cm); frame, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled (Noisy Panthers Disrupt Trial), 1966-72

Miles Davis sits on a counter while hunched over playing acoustic guitar
Miles Davis sits on a counter while hunched over playing acoustic guitar

Louis H. Draper, Miles Davis, 1966. Gelatin silver print, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 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. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Miles Davis, 1966

A swing and its long shadow.
A swing and its long shadow.

Louis Draper, Untitled (Santos), 1967. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 8 15/16 × 5 7/8 in. (22.7 × 14.92 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Untitled (Santos), 1967

A portrait of a young girl holding her hands over her chest with a concerned expression.
A portrait of a young girl holding her hands over her chest with a concerned expression.

Louis Draper, Girl and Cuba (Philadelphia), 1968. Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm), Image: 9 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.8 × 15.6 cm), Frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Courtesy the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Girl and Cuba (Philadelphia), 1968

A portrait of a person sitting with their arms crossed.
A portrait of a person sitting with their arms crossed.

Louis H. Draper, Jose Torres (Bronx), 1975. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm); image, 6 7/8 × 6 5/8 in. (17.5 × 16.8 cm); frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Louis H. Draper Trust. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Jose Torres (Bronx), 1975

A portrait of a person wearing a cap hat and a zip-up hoodie.
A portrait of a person wearing a cap hat and a zip-up hoodie.

Louis H. Draper, Ramon Esquila (Bronx), 1975. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 6 13/16 × 6 9/16 in. (17.3 × 16.7 cm); mount, 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm); frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; gift of Louis H. Draper Trust. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Ramon Esquila (Bronx), 1975

Two people looking at a movie poster.
Two people looking at a movie poster.

Louis H. Draper, (Cinema Poster), Dakar Senegal, West Africa, 1978. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.2 cm); image, 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.7 cm); frame, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Courtesy of the Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust and Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

(Cinema Poster), Dakar Senegal, West Africa, 1978

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