© Underwood & Underwood, 1909, Mombasa / Kenya A stylish young Kenyan woman holding a small pet antelope (most possibly a Dik-dik).

© Underwood & Underwood, 1909, Mombasa / Kenya

A stylish young Kenyan woman holding a small pet antelope (most possibly a Dik-dik).

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waheedpix: Headed to Town North Carolina, 1956 [Mabel’s Album] ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012

waheedpix:

Headed to Town

North Carolina, 1956

[Mabel’s Album]

©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012

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lovelyandbrown: get big.

lovelyandbrown:

get big.

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Untitled [Senegal], Photograph By Mama Casset You can see more Mama Casset’s photographs here:- Mama Casset and Precursors of African Photo in Saint-Louis, Senegal | REVUE NOIRE- Mama Casset - The Studio African Photo in Dakar | REVUE NOIRE- Mama Casset & The Studio Dream Factory | Another Africa- Mama Casset | Flores del Fango- Mama Casset | La Fabrica- Mama Casset, fotógrafo senegalés | El Mundo

Untitled [Senegal], Photograph By Mama Casset

You can see more Mama Casset’s photographs here:
- Mama Casset and Precursors of African Photo in Saint-Louis, Senegal | REVUE NOIRE
- Mama Casset - The Studio African Photo in Dakar | REVUE NOIRE
- Mama Casset & The Studio Dream Factory | Another Africa
- Mama Casset | Flores del Fango
- Mama Casset | La Fabrica
- Mama Casset, fotógrafo senegalés | El Mundo

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(Source : humblewonder)

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africanculture: Woman w/ Fulani Earrings

africanculture:

Woman w/ Fulani Earrings

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theotherblack: Artist Guiseppe Signorini- North African Fruit Vendor

theotherblack:

Artist Guiseppe Signorini- North African Fruit Vendor

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18-15n-77-30w: nostalgerie: Algerian Girl, 1870’s 18° 15’ N, 77° 30’ W

18-15n-77-30w:

nostalgerie:

Algerian Girl, 1870’s

18° 15’ N, 77° 30’ W

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(Source : thestorminateacup)

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queennubian:

burnedshoes:

© Charles “Teenie” Harris, 1930s-1940s, One Shot Teenie

#1: Two young women eating caramel apples, 1940-1945
#2: A woman outside Kay’s Valet Shoppe, 1938-1945
#3: Boys (possibly from Herron Hill School) playing brass instruments, 1938-1945
#4: A woman poses with a car on Mulford Street in Homewood, 1937

In the days of film, especially in a controlled setting, photographers often made redundant shots to make sure they captured what they wanted. Not Charles “Teenie” Harris. A native of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, the city’s cultural center of African-American life, Harris was a semi-pro athlete and a numbers runner before he bought his first camera in the 1930s. He opened a photography studio and specialized in glamour portraits, earning the nickname “One Shot” because he rarely made his subjects sit for a second take. (read more)

Nearly 80 years later, a retrospective of the photographer’s work, “Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story” is on view at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh until April 7, 2012.

I’m going this weekend!

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