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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Cheryl Finley , Laurence Glasco , Joseph William Trotter Jr.Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Dimensions: Width: 27.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.70cm Weight: 1.522kg ISBN: 9780822944140ISBN 10: 0822944146 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 05 November 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThe three engaging essays in 'Teenie Harris' present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles 'Teenie' Harris's importance within the history of photography. --Biography The amazing Charles 'Teenie' Harris' archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris' photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. --Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in Teenie Harris present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall The amazing Charles Teenie Harris archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. Kellie Jones, Columbia University A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles Teenie Harris s importance within the history of photography. Biography The three engaging essays in Teenie Harris present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles Teenie Harris s importance within the history of photography. Biography The amazing Charles Teenie Harris archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in 'Teenie Harris' present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles 'Teenie' Harris's importance within the history of photography. --Biography The amazing Charles 'Teenie' Harris' archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris' photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. --Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in 'Teenie Harris' present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles 'Teenie' Harris's importance within the history of photography. --Biography The amazing Charles 'Teenie' Harris' archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris' photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. --Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in Teenie Harris present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles Teenie Harris s importance within the history of photography. Biography The amazing Charles Teenie Harris archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in Teenie Harris present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles Teenie Harris s importance within the history of photography. Biography The amazing Charles Teenie Harris archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. Kellie Jones, Columbia University The three engaging essays in 'Teenie Harris' present an entire era and history, interweaving the political and social issues of those decades with the evolution of journalistic photography and its techniques. --On the Seawall A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles 'Teenie' Harris's importance within the history of photography. --Biography The amazing Charles 'Teenie' Harris' archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris' photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. --Kellie Jones, Columbia University <p> The amazing Charles 'Teenie' Harris' archive chronicles nothing less than the dazzling impact of African American life on the 20th century. In 60 years of work from the photo studio to the music hall, and in images of black news culture from Flash magazine to the Pittsburgh Courier, these pictures are resolutely modern and frame the everyday as details of the extraordinary. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Harris showed us how people and place mattered. His creative eye chronicled a vibrant black community, from its early days as a destination for migrants to its crucial civil rights and black power activism. Harris' photos ultimately tell the story of the heritage of modern black migrations and the world they made. He recovers the cultural effluence and influence of industrial life in the Steel City and joins artist Romare Bearden and playwright August Wilson in shedding light on the unexpected, significant, and joyous details of our urban beauty. <br> --Kellie Jones, Colum <p> A beautiful book . . . striking black and white reproductions . . . makes a strong case for Charles 'Teenie' Harris's importance within the history of photography. <p> --Biography Author InformationCheryl Finley is assistant professor of art history at Cornell University. She is coauthor of Imaging African Art: Documentation and Transformation. Laurence Glasco is associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Ethnicity and Social Structure: Irish, Germans, and Native-Born of Buffalo, N.Y., 1850–1860 and editor of The WPA History of the Negro Joe W. Trotter is Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice, head of the history department, and director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of nume Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |