Baltimore photographers Daisy Brown, John Clark Mayden, Webster Phillips, Brian Pinson, and SHAN Wallace will discuss their work and themes of black representation as explored inthe exhibition Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore, on view through September 29 at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center.
On view August 4 through September 29, 2024
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
847 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Bearing Witness highlights the work of six local Black photographers who explore historical and contemporary depictions of Black family life. It features a mix of established and emerging artists whose images of Black Baltimore from the 1950s to the present display how Black folk live, love, struggle, and triumph in their everyday lives.
Provocative, insightful, unfiltered.For almost 200 years, Black photographers have intentionally documented Black communities. They have used their cameras and creativity to portray Black people “as they see them” and redress the racialized narratives which are common in popular media. In Baltimore, Maryland, Black photographers have played a critical role in representing lives too seldom celebrated and too often forgotten. With their images featured in spaces ranging from family photo albums to national publications, these artists embody a tradition of witnessing and storytelling from a Black point of view.
To learn more about Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore, visit the exhibition website.