Teenie Harris, photographer
Subtitle: image, memory, history
By: Cheryl Finley, Laurence Glasco, and Joe W. Trotter ; with an introduction by Deborah Willis ; with contributions by Louise Lippincott and Kerin Shellenbarger
Contributors: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998; Glasco, Laurence Admiral; Trotter, Joe William, 1945-
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press; published in cooperation with Carnegie Museum of Art
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780822961741; 9780822944140
Subjects: African American photographers; Photographers; Biography; African American art; Criticism and interpretation; Pictorial works; African Americans
Description: "Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908-1998) photographed the events and daily life of African Americans for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation's most influential Black newspapers. From the 1930s to 1970s, Harris created a richly detailed record of public personalities, historic events, and the lives of average people. In 2001, Carnegie Museum of Art purchased Harris's archive of nearly 80,000 photographic negatives, few of which are titled and dated; the archive is considered one of the most important documentations of 20th century African American life (www.cmoa.org/teenie). The book will serve as the definitive publication on the life and work of Teenie Harris, consisting of three significant essays: Cheryl Finley, assistant professor in the history of art at Cornell University, offers the first thorough analysis of Harris as an artist, situating him within the history of 20th?century African American art as well as American documentary and vernacular photography; Larry Glasco, associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, draws on new research to present a detailed biography of the photographer; and Joe Trotter, professor of history and social justice at Carnegie Mellon University, explores the social and historical context of Harris's photographs. The book will also include a foreword by Deborah Willis, professor at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. In addition to comparative illustrations within the essays, the book includes 100 plates of Harris's signature work and a complete bibliography and chronology"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An American life, an American story: Charles "Teenie" Harris and images of black Pittsburgh  -- Laurence Glasco; title: Harris, history and the hill: black Pittsburgh in the twentieth century  -- Joe W. Trotter; title: The practice of everyday life  -- Cheryl Finley; title: Chronology of the life of Teenie Harris  -- Kerin Shellenbarger; title: About the Teenie Harris Archive -- Louise Lippincott.