Oral history interview with Lola Flash
name: label: Interviewee
content: Flash, Lola
label: Interviewer
content: Vaccaro, Jeanne
label: Names
content: ACT UP (Organization)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
label: Topic
content: African American photographers
label: Topic
content: Activists (LGBTQ)
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ+
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Flash, Lola
label: Interviewer
content: Vaccaro, Jeanne
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Lola Flash (1959-) is a photographer known for their pictures that engage with queer, feminist, and Black activism. Building on early participation with ACT UP, Flash has explored social norms around race, age, and gender through portraiture.  Born in Montclair, New Jersey, they are based in New York City.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Jeanne Vaccaro (1981-) is a curator and scholar, she currently works as an assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (sound file (1 hr., 59 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 August 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.flash24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Lola Flash conducted 2024 August 7, by Jeanne Vaccaro for the Archives of American Art, at Flash's home on Fire Island, New York.­