Dr. Mary Marshall arrived at the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow at Harlem Stage with a huge satchel of images from her family archive.  Last February, Dr. Marshall spent an afternoon with filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris to relay her family history as told through photographs. “I happened to be blessed to have so much, [...]

Artist Thomas Allen Harris, who’s shown work at the Whitney Biennial and the Museum of Modern Art, brings his sensibility to an ambitious documentary series on black identity. The varied issues of Africans and African-Americans is the point of “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange”

Voza Rivers has been instrumental in the spread of Diasporic culture through the arts for over thirty years. The Producer of Sarafina!, which brought voices of South Africa to Broadway; Chairman of the Harlem Arts Alliance; Co-Founder and Executive Producer of the IMPACT Repertory Theatre, and heavily involved in many other organizations dedicated to black [...]

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 [...]

Identity and Affirmation: African American Post War Photography Currently on Exhibition at: California State University, Northridge Art Galleries Identity and Affirmation: African American Post War Photography consists of 145 images produced by Los Angeles artists, exploring modernist tendencies in the work of the artists as they embraced and depicted the vibrant development of the arts, music, [...]

Donna Cashman and Shannon Danzy bring a mother daughter perspective to uncovering one’s family history as they share family photographs with Thomas Allen Harris, and us, at the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow held at the Harlem Stage in New York City. Inspired by a dusty shoebox found in an old closet,

Arianne Edmonds reveals the stories of her family history to Thomas Allen Harris during the Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) Roadshow held at Harlem Stage. Like many American Families, the Edmonds have worked

By Kurt Shaw, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, October 30, 2011 Legendary Pittsburgh photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1998) once quipped, “I let my pictures do the talking for me.” And considering the retrospective exhibit of his work that opened Friday at Carnegie Museum of Art, his words could not ring more true.

As a student in Jamaica, Albert Chong discovered photography almost by accident. He recalls how he was quickly captivated by the magic of the medium. Albert Chong (b.1958) is an artist and photographer from Kingston, Jamaica. His work explores family history, ancestry and identity, and has been exhibited at museums and galleries around the world. [...]

It wasn’t exactly a sucker punch, but Jules Allen was struck by what he found upon entering into Gleason’s Gym: sweat-soaked champs and punch-drunk pugs. Gangsters and posers. Men with hats, stogies and secrets. The leonine and the louche. Wiry trainers possessed of supreme cool and confidence. New York Times, Blog – Lens, October 14, [...]