125th Street: Photography in Harlem
A comprehensive publication that investigates twenty-four featured artists, four historic landmarks, and includes two timelines around the historic thoroughfare of 125th Street in Harlem.
125th Street: Photography in Harlem
Berenice Abbott, Khalik Allah, Alice Attie, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel, Lola Flash, Hiram Maristany, Ozier Muhammad, Katsu Naito, Marilyn Nance, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Lorraine O’Grady, Gordon Parks, Pope.L, Jamel Shabazz, Coreen Simpson, Beuford Smith, Ming Smith, Morgan and Marvin Smith, Shawn Walker, Hai Zhang and many more.
125th Street: Photography in Harlem includes investigations on twenty-four featured artists, four historic landmarks, and two comprehensive timelines. The book is an unprecedented study of Harlem’s 125th Street photography and cultural identity. Harlem’s 125th Street is a marker of twentieth-century urban experience, a thoroughfare that encapsulates powerful stories of business and consumption, real estate and gentrification, glamour and entertainment, and political uprising. The photographs in this book represent narratives of resilience and stories of survival against a rapid and sweeping movement of history across 125th Street, where buildings and communities are periodically destroyed and built anew. The works shape a sense of belonging and identity that goes against the stereotyping and mystification of this neighborhood. It contributes to the writing of a new history of photography that is collective and collaborative.125th Street: Photography in Harlem explores the constant mutation of this street life through the works of a large roster of photographers and performance artists.
Edited by Antonella Pelizzari and Arden Sherman and published by Hirmer Verlag with a foreword by curator and writer, LeRonn P. Brooks.
Student Authors:
Jonas Albro, Rose Bishop, Amy Bravo, Camille Breslin, Kyle Canter, Christina Cataldo, Tyler Considine, Ashlyn Diaz, Alison Dillulio, Jason Friedman, Sarah Ganzel, Jiwoong Jang, Anna Sofie Jespersen, Sewon Kang, Somi Lee, and Noa Wesley.
The publication is a supported by the Crossway Foundation and the Hunter College Advanced Curatorial Certificate Program.
