North County Times Article by: Patricia Morris Buckley Escondido is a long way from the slums of Cincinnati where photographer Major Morris grew up during the 1930s. But he still remembers those early days, and that’s the basis of his latest solo show, “Urbana.” “Major Morris: Urbana” —- opening Saturday at ArtHatch at Distinction Gallery [...]

As the Occupy Wall Street protest continues in Zuccotti Park, artist Accra Shepp uses a 4×5 view camera with black and white film and makes twenty to thirty portraits each week  of individuals who are participating in the demonstration. The portraits illustrate the personal face of the protest, reflecting the diverse individual characters of those [...]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The second exhibit in the newly opened University of Alabama Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa will feature the work of Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, who will also visit the UA campus to discuss her work.Bright’s work will be on display at the gallery Oct. 6 to Nov. [...]

PBS Documentary and Multimedia Outreach Project Seeks Editing & New Media Interns Harlem USA – Autumn 2011:  Award winning filmmaker, Thomas Allen Harris, (12 Disciples of Nelson Mandela, E Minha Cara/That’s My Face) is in production with the documentary and interactive project, “Through A Lens Darkly” which is a feature film for PBS

The Roxbury International Film Festival will host a special screening and panel discussion of Thomas Allen Harris’ new documentary, “Byron Rushing: Marriage Equality & the Fight for Fairness” Now in its thirteenth year, the Roxbury Film Festival will highlight Harris’ “Marriage Equality” film during the four days of screenings, workshops, and panel

“Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness” will screen at the 2011 Film Festival on Friday, July 22 – 5:00 pm | Cinema Village 2. Since 1988, NewFest has been dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences in the building of a community that passionately supports giving greater visibility and voice to a wide range of expressions and representations of the LGBT experience.

Dominique Smith was one of our volunteers at our second DDFR Roadshow at theSilverDocs Film Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland. We were impressed by her enthusiasm for the project during the three days in which she helped scan hundreds of family photographic archives from the local community. During the last day, we invited Dominique to [...]

Award-winning journalist, professor and author, Pamela Newkirk joined us for the DDFR Roadshow @ Brookyn Public Library, where she shared some of the photographs that have inspired her. Her father ran a small antiques shop,where he collected numerous photographs featuring Black subjects. Growing up, Pamela was always intrigued by the images from times long past [...]

BERNICE BENNETT Bernice Bennett shares a story which seems to be more than just a coincidence. She took photographs of pictures on a wall about a month before Hurricane Katrina destroyed everything. Ms. Bennett speaks to Thomas Allen Harris during the DDFR Roadshow at SilverDocs in Silver Spring, MD about her journey to South Carolina to find the [...]

It was supposed to be a routine matter, getting a passport in order to make an overseas journey. But for Clarence Page, that routine matter opened the doors to a long-held family secret that profoundly affected his life. Clarence Page, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for Commentary, is a columnist syndicated nationally by Tribune Media [...]