Louis H. Draper

**Louis Hansel Draper** (Septemba 24, 1935 - Febụwarị 18, 2002)  bụ onye na-ese foto America dabere na New York nke ama ama maka onyonyo Harlem ya na 1960s wee bụrụ onye hibere onye nkuzi Kamoinge .  E gosipụtara ọrụ ya n'ọtụtụ mpịakọta nke akwụkwọ, The Black Photographers Annual .  Na mgbakwunye na ihe oyiyi ya nke ndị mmadụ na-eme kwa ụbọchị na obodo mepere emepe, Draper na-ese foto dị ịrịba ama ndị na-ese ihe, ndị nwere ọgụgụ isi, na ndị isi obodo dịka Fannie Lou Hamer, John Coltrane, Malcolm X, Miles Davis, na Langston Hughes .  Ọrụ Draper dị na nchịkọta nke Museum of Modern Art, Ụlọ Ọrụ Schomberg maka Nnyocha na Black Culture, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, n'etiti ọtụtụ ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbe ochie, nchịkọta ọha na eze na nzuzo. 

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
Louis Hansel Draper mụrụ na Richmond, Virginia na Septemba 24, 1935. Ya na nwanne ya nwanyị Nell gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Katọlik nkeonwe dị nso na Richmond, Van deVyver Institute na Virginia Randolph High School na Glen Allen, VA, nke bụ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị mbụ maka ndị America America hiwere na Henrico County . Na 1953, o debara aha na Virginia State College (ugbu a University) na Petersburg, VA ebe ọ ghọrọ a akụkọ ihe mere eme isi. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata akwụkwọ mahadum, nna Draper, bụ onye na-ese foto amateur, nyere ya igwefoto mbụ ya. Mgbe ọ hụchara katalọgụ ihe ngosi maka ihe ngosi 1955 The Family of Man, Draper kpebiri ịghọ onye na-ese foto. Na 1957, ọ hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ na-emechaghị semester ikpeazụ ya ịkwaga New York. Na New York, Draper mụọ Harold Feinstein na W. Eugene Smith . Draper biri na mpaghara New York ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ iri atọ. 

## Ọrụ
thumb| Louis H. Draper, ''Mgbakọ Mgbakọ'', c. 1959, mbipụta ọlaọcha gelatin.
N'afọ 1959, Draper kere otu n'ime ihe oyiyi ya a ma ama, *Congressional Gathering*, foto ojii na nke na-acha ọcha nke na-egosi drapery a na-edozi edozi ka ọ dị ka Ku Klux Klan hoods. A kọwapụtara foto a ka ọ na-ekwu maka ime ihe ike ndị KKK mere n'oge ngagharị ikike obodo yana ntụaka kpọmkwem maka mmegharị Resistance Massive Resistance na Virginia. 

### Nkuzi
Na mgbakwunye na nduzi ya nke ndị na-ese foto Workshop Kamoinge na-eto eto, Draper kuziri na Mercer County Community College na New Jersey malite na 1982. 

### Ụlọ ọrụ Kamoinge
Na 1963, Draper nyere aka n'ịmepụta Kamoinge Workshop, otu ndị na-ese foto nke Africa America bi na New York bụ ndị chọrọ obodo nke ndị na-ese ihe nwere mmasị na nke ga-enye nkwado na ndụmọdụ. Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị na-eto eto nọ n'otu ahụ chọpụtara Draper dị ka onye isi ndụmọdụ na onye nkuzi n'ime Kamoinge. Draper jere ozi dị ka onye isi oche otu ahụ wee debe nnukwu ebe nchekwa akụkọ ihe ngosi nke otu, nzukọ na ihe ndị ọzọ. Na 1972, Draper bipụtara akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Kamoinge na *Akwụkwọ akụkọ Foto* . 

## Ihe ngosi

* 2020–2022: Ọnụ na-arụkọ ọrụ: Ndị na-ese foto nke ụlọ ọrụ Kamoinge 

## Nchịkọta

* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke ọgbara ọhụrụ 
* Virginia Museum of Fine Arts na-ejide nchịkọta pụrụ iche nke ọtụtụ ọrụ Draper 
* Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Whitney nke American Art 

## Ntụaka
na-ese ihe nwere mmasị na nke ga-enye nkwado na ndụmọdụ. Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị na-eto eto nọ n'otu ahụ chọpụtara Draper dị foto dị ịrịba ama ndị na-ese ihe, ndị nwere

## Njikọ mpụga

* Louis H. Draper Archive Portal