Kenneth Royster Oral History Interview
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: The NMAAHC Collection Donor Oral History Project
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content: 2 Video recordings (born-digital video, color, sound, 01:41:15:16)
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content: 2016-07-14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: Archival materials
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content: Video recordings
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content: Ken Royster was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Royster donated a collection of his photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. During this oral history interview Ken Royster discusses his evolution as an artist and photographer and his approach to his work. Royster is known for his black and white photography of African American cultural rituals, such as baptisms. He also talks at length about growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.