Roland Charles
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
aha enyereRoland Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya31 Ọgọọst 1938, 1941 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụNew Orleans Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya26 Mee 2000, 2000, 27 Eprel 2000 Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụosee foto Dezie
Ebe obibiLos Angeles Dezie
ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okikeỌrụ nwebiisinka chekwara Dezie

 

Roland Charles (ọnwa Ọgọọst 31, afọ 1938 rụọ ọnwa Mee 26, afọ 2000) bụ onye Afrịka-Amerịka na-ese foto na onye na-ese ihe, nke a maara nke ọma maka ịtọ ntọala The Black Photographers of California na oghere ngosi ya, Black Gallery, na Los Angeles, n'etiti ụlọ ọrụ mbụ site na maka ndị na-ese onyinyo ojii.

Afọ ndị mbụ

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A mụrụ Roland Charles na Louisiana n'afọ 1938. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Air Force, wee kwaga California na mbido afọ 1960, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ aerospace.[1] Mgbe enyi ya nyere ya igwefoto dị ka onyinye, ọ ghọrọ onye na-ese foto oge niile n'afọ 1971, na-arụ ọrụ na mkpuchi egwu na onye nta akụkọ asịrị Rona Barrett.[2]

Ọrụ foto

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N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 1983, Charles haziri ihe ngosi na California Museum of Afro-American History and Culture na Exposition Park, nke a na-akpọ The Tradition Continues: California Black Photographers. Ọ bụ nnukwu ihe ngosi nke gosipụtara ndị na-ese foto California asaa na ndị 40 nke oge a, gụnyere Frank Herman Cloud, Vera Jackson, Harry Adams, Jack Davis, Fred Cooper, na Howard Morehead.[3][4]

Dị ka onye na-ese ihe na onye na-edebe foto, Charles nwere ekele maka ngwakọta nke foto ejiji na nke mara mma nke ọtụtụ ndị na-ese foto ojii nke oge ya mepụtara, dị ka foto akwụkwọ akụkọ nke onye na-ewe foto ojii Harry Adams, onye Charles maara.[5]

Charles gosikwara ekele maka ọrụ dị mkpa nke foto na-atụle foto abụọ nke nwa ya nwanyị na-agba egwú na Los Angeles Times, o kwuru, mgbe m na-eche banyere foto a, m na-echere uri na-agagharị.[2]

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The Black Gallery (1984-1998), a raara nye ebe ngosi maka ndị na-ese foto n'Afrịka, nke dị na 107 Santa Barbara Plaza, Los Angeles, CA.

Ihe ịga nke ọma nke ihe ngosi ahụ mere ka Charles nyere aka chọta ndị Ojiị na-ese foto nke California, ụlọ ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ na-enweghị uru maka ndị na-ese foto Afrịka-Amerịka na-apụta ma guzosie ike.[6][7] N'ịbụ ndị nzukọ ahụ kwadoro, Charles na ndị guzobere Calvin Hicks, Donald Bernard, na Gil Garner malitere Black Galari na Santa Barbara Plaza, ugbu a Marlton Square.[4][1][8] N'ịbụ ndị enyemaka na onyinye kwadoro, ụlọ ngosi ahụ haziri ma gbaa ndị na-ese foto ojii ume. Charles mechara kwuo, ọ bara ọgaranya n'anya, mana ọtụtụ ihe oyiyi ndị kwesiri ịnọchite anya ya abụghị ndị obodo na-eme.[7] Hicks kwuru na Black Gallery bụ gallery mbụ n'ime obodo ndị isi ojii raara onwe ha nye foto ojii.[4]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Roland Charles; Photographed Black Life", Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2000, p. 168. Retrieved on October 17, 2020. (in en)
  2. "Calendar: Art", Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1983. Retrieved on October 17, 2020. (in en)
  3. 4.0 4.1 4.2 George. No crystal stair: African-Americans in the City of Angels. (in English). Doubleday, 187–188. ISBN 978-0-385-47411-5. OCLC 1020190475. Retrieved on October 17, 2020. 
  4. Leovy. "Collection Honors Chronicler of African American Life", Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1996. Retrieved on October 17, 2020. (in en)
  5. Black Photographers of California. csun.edu/bradley-center. Retrieved on October 17, 2020.