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Title
Teenie Harris, photographer
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Finley, Cheryl (Contributor)
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998 (Contributor)
Glasco, Laurence Admiral (Contributor)
Trotter, Joe William, 1945- (Contributor)
Subject
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
Photographers--United States--Biography (LCSH)
African American photographers--Biography (LCSH)
African American art (LCSH)
African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Pictorial works (LCSH)
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: TR140.H372 F56 2011 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 770.89/96073 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
PHO011030 (Source: bisacsh)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
An American life, an American story: Charles "Teenie" Harris and images of black Pittsburgh / Laurence Glasco
Harris, history and the hill: black Pittsburgh in the twentieth century / Joe W. Trotter
The practice of everyday life / Cheryl Finley
Chronology of the life of Teenie Harris / Kerin Shellenbarger
About the Teenie Harris Archive / Louise Lippincott
Authorized Access Point
Finley, Cheryl Teenie Harris, photographer
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Date: 2011-06-08
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