Kwame Brathwaite

Onye Amerịka na-ese ihe nkiri
Kwame Brathwaite
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
aha enyereKwame Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaBrathwaite Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya1 Jenụwarị 1938 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụBrooklyn Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya1 Eprel 2023 Dezie
nwanneElombe Brath, John Edward Brathwaite Dezie
Dị/nwunyeSikolo Brathwaite Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụonye na-ahu maka ihe nkiri, osee foto, activist, onye nta akụkọ Dezie
Ebe obibiNew York City Dezie
agbụrụNdi Afrika nke Amerika, Barbadian Americans Dezie
Onye òtùCarolee Prince Dezie
Onye òtù nkeAfrican Jazz-Art Society & Studios Dezie
webụsaịtịhttps://www.kwamebrathwaite.com/ Dezie
Nwere ọrụ na mkpokọtaWhitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Studio Museum in Harlem Dezie
ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okikeỌrụ nwebiisinka chekwara Dezie

Kwame Brathwaite (amụrụ n'afọ 1938) bụ onye Amerịka na-ese foto na onye na-eme ihe ike nke a maara maka ịkwalite okwu "Black is Beautiful" na idepụta ndụ na ọdịbendị na Harlem na Afrịka.[1]

Ndụ na ọrụ

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Kwame Brathwaite bụ onye na-ese foto, amụrụ ma zụlite ya na New York City, nyére nne na nna si Barbados, bụ ndị kọrọ akụkọ ọdịbendị, ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya nke Harlem, Afrịka, na ndị Afrịka bi na mba ofesi.[2][3] Dị ka nwata nwoke na mbido afọ 1950 ọ debara aha ya na School of Industrial Art (nke bụzi High School of Art and Design).[2]

Ya na nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye Elombe Brath, Brathwaite guzobere African Jazz Art Society and Studios n'afọ 1956 na Grandassa Models n'afọ 1962.[4][5][6]

Egwuregwu ndị e mere n'onwe ha

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N'ọnwa Jenụwarị 28, afọ 1962, ya na nwanne ya nwoke Elombe Brath, Brathwaite mere mmemme Naturally '62, nke mbụ n'ime usoro mmemme iji gosipụta naanị ụdị ojii.[5] Ihe ngosi nke afọ 1962 nwere aha The Original African Coiffure and Fashion Extravaganza Designed to Restore Our Racial Pride & Standards.[7][8] Emere ya na Harlem Purple Manor, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ abalị dị na East 125th Street, o nyere aka mee ka okwu "Black Is Beautiful" nke e bipụtara na poster nke asọmpi ahụ bụrụ ihe a ma ama.[9][10][11] Egwuregwu Naturally gbara afọ ise, nke ikpeazụ e mere n'afọ 1966.[8]

N'afọ ndi 1960, ọrụ ya pụtakwara na New York Amsterdam News, The City Sun, na The Daily Challenge. Ọ na-ese foto egwu nke Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, James Brown, na Muhammad Ali.[12][13]

N'afọ 2017, a kwanyeere Brathwaite ùgwù na 75th Aperture Gala.[14]

Ihe ngosi

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  • 2019 Black Is Beautiful: Foto nke Kwame Brathwaite, nke Aperture Foundation haziri[15]
  • 2019 Ihe oyiyi nke Style: Otu narị afọ nke Foto ejiji, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas[16]
  • 2020 Ngwá Ọrụ nke Mgbanwe: Foto ejiji na Activism, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas[17]
  1. (2006) Forever Harlem: celebrating America's most diverse community. Champaign, Ill.: Sports Pub. ISBN 9781596702066. OCLC 74964311. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bradley. "The Photographer Who Captured the Beauty in Blackness", The New York Times, 17 June 2021.
  3. Boyd. "New York Amsterdam News", 1 May 2003.
  4. Bohnacker (March 30, 2018). An Artist's Ornate Natural Hair Styles, Through the Eyes of a Legendary Photographer of Black Beauty. The New Yorker.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Nnadi. "How One Photographer Captured the Soul of the 'Black Is Beautiful' Movement", Vogue, February 3, 2018. Retrieved on February 3, 2018. (in en)
  6. Founding members of AJASS (African Jazz-Art Society & Studios), and the Grandassa Models, posing in front of a collection of posters from some of their organized events. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved on 2022-06-16.
  7. The Grandassa Models, Naturally. PDN Photo of the Day (May 20, 2016). Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved on April 1, 2018.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Wills (October 3, 2017). Switched On: Women Who Revolutionized Style in the 60's. Simon and Schuster, 36–. ISBN 978-1-68188-261-1. 
  9. Laneri (February 6, 2018). How a Harlem fashion show started the 'Black is Beautiful' movement. New York Post.
  10. Famighetti (August 30, 2017). Elements of Style. Aperture. ISBN 978-1-59711-420-2. 
  11. Steele (2005). Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-31395-5. 
  12. "Artist talk celebrates musical superstars", New York Amsterdam News, April 12, 2011. Retrieved on February 3, 2018.
  13. Oates. "Muhammad Ali, Beginning to End for the First Time in a Book", The New York Times, November 28, 2017. Retrieved on February 3, 2018. (in en-US)
  14. "Elements Of Style, Aperture Gala 2017", Aperture Foundation NY. Retrieved on February 3, 2018. (in en-US)
  15. Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite (en-US). Aperture Foundation NY. Retrieved on 2020-06-13.
  16. Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved on 2020-06-13.
  17. Tools of Revolution: Fashion Photography and Activism – Houston Center for Photography (en-US). Retrieved on 2020-06-13.