Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop | Art & Artists

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021

Exhibition works

15 total
James Mannas Jr.
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James Mannas Jr.

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

Anthony Barboza, Jimmie Mannas, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25.6 × 17.9 cm); image, 8 5/16 × 5 5/8 in. (21.1 × 14.3 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art.  © Anthony Barboza

James Mannas Jr.

Born 1941 in New York, NY

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A close-up portrait of a woman with a stoic expression on her face.
A close-up portrait of a woman with a stoic expression on her face.

James Mannas Jr., Mama, 139 West 117 Street, Apt. 4E, Harlem, NYC, 1963. Gelatin silver print, 9 11/16 × 6 7/16 in. (24.6 × 16.4 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Jimmie Mannas

Mama, 139 West 117 Street, Apt. 4E, Harlem, NYC, 1963

A person wearing a fedora and backpack is turned away, facing a tiled wall.
A person wearing a fedora and backpack is turned away, facing a tiled wall.

James Mannas Jr., No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 15 1/16 × 11 in. (38.26 × 27.94 cm), image, 8 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (21.11 × 16.19 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Jimmie Mannas

No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964

A profile of a woman's face. She has a piece of lace partially covering her face.
A profile of a woman's face. She has a piece of lace partially covering her face.

James Mannas Jr., Untitled, 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. © Jimmie Mannas

Untitled, 1964

From Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 1, 1964.

Two children standing next to a spill on the sidewalk.
Two children standing next to a spill on the sidewalk.

James Mannas Jr., Untitled, 1965. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 14 × 11in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. © Jimmie Mannas

Untitled, 1965

From Kamoinge Workshop Portfolio No. 2, 1965.

A child mostly hidden behind a rock formation. Only the top of their head is exposed above the rock plateau.
A child mostly hidden behind a rock formation. Only the top of their head is exposed above the rock plateau.

James Mannas Jr., Peeping Seawall Beach Boy-Sea Wall, Georgetown, Guyana, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.7 × 20.2 cm), image, 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm), frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Jimmie Mannas

Peeping Seawall Beach Boy-Sea Wall, Georgetown, Guyana, 1972

A woman holding a strand of thread, sitting behind piles of empty bags.
A woman holding a strand of thread, sitting behind piles of empty bags.

James Mannas Jr., Bag Ladies, Matthews Ridge, Guyana, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm), image, 7 3/16 × 4 7/8 in. (18.3 × 12.4 cm), frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Jimmie Mannas

Bag Ladies, Matthews Ridge, Guyana, 1972

A hat with ribbon above its brim, rested on top of a child's school desk.
A hat with ribbon above its brim, rested on top of a child's school desk.

James Mannas Jr., Recess, Bishops All Girls High School, Georgetown, Guyana, 1973. Gelatin silver print: mount, 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm), image: 7 13/16 × 4 7/8 in. (19.8 × 12.4 cm), frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Jimmie Mannas

Recess, Bishops All Girls High School, Georgetown, Guyana, 1973

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