Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021

Exhibition works

15 total
Herbert Randall
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Herbert Randall

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

Anthony Barboza, Herbie Randall, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 1/16 × 7 in. (25.6 × 17.8 cm); image, 8 13/16 × 5 5/16 in. (22.4 × 13.5 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.   © Anthony Barboza

Herbert Randall

b. 1936 in Riverhead, NY

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A group of children playing.
A group of children playing.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), c. 1960. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm); image, 8 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (22.5 × 34.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2020.56. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), c. 1960

The outside of a building where a child is coming down the steps of its entrance.
The outside of a building where a child is coming down the steps of its entrance.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Bed-Stuy, New York), 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.56 × 27.78 cm), image: 13 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (33.66 × 23.34 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Bed-Stuy, New York), 1960s

A vertical view of a cityscape.
A vertical view of a cityscape.

Herbert Randall, Untitled, 1960s. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 15/16 × 10in. (35.4 × 25.4 cm), image: 12 5/16 × 7 15/16in. (31.3 × 20.2 cm), frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled, 1960s

A body of water reflecting light along with a baby shown on the surface.
A body of water reflecting light along with a baby shown on the surface.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (New Jersey), c. 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm); image, 9 × 13 7/16 in. (22.9 × 34.1 cm); frame: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (New Jersey), c. 1960s

A woman reclining on a cushion.
A woman reclining on a cushion.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), 1960s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm); image, 13 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (34.3 × 22.1 cm); frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), 1960s

A girl bending over in a grassy field.
A girl bending over in a grassy field.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi), 1964. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm); image, 13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (34.3 × 22.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2020.57. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Palmers Crossing, Mississippi), 1964

A person sitting at the top of a staircase.
A person sitting at the top of a staircase.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Freedom Summer), 1964. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm); image, 9 × 6 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 cm); frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled, 1964

A boy smiling as a hand pinches his face.
A boy smiling as a hand pinches his face.

Herbert Randall, Harlem, New York, 1964. Gelatin silver print. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 11 × 14in. (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. © Herbert Randall

Harlem, New York, 1964

From Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1, 1964.

A person crouching behind wooden panels.
A person crouching behind wooden panels.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Lower East Side, New York), 1970s. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm); image, 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm); frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Lower East Side, New York), 1970s

Two people climbing into the side of a compartment of a large vehicle.
Two people climbing into the side of a compartment of a large vehicle.

Herbert Randall, Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), 1970s. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm); image, 13 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (35.2 × 22.5 cm); frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Herbert Randall

Untitled (Lower East Side, NY), 1970s

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