Description
Volume 3 of Double Exposure highlights NMAAHC's rich collection of photographs of African American women, some of whom are cultural icons. This volume demonstrates the dignity, joy, heartbreak, commitment, and sacrifice of women of all ages and backgrounds, with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Beverly Conley, Robert Galbraith, Ernest C. Withers, Wayne F. Miller, P.H. Polk, Joe Schwartz, and Milton Williams.
Aligned to Common Core Standards
Natasha Trethewey was the United States Poet Laureate 2012-2013. She has written an original essay and reprinted two poems for this title.
Kinshasha Holman Conwill is the deputy director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Author: National Museum of African American Hist
Publisher: Giles
Published: 07/07/2015
Pages: 72
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.00h x 6.90w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781907804489
ISBN10: 190780448X
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Photojournalism
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Permanent Collections
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
About the Author
Natasha Trethewey is an American poet. Author of five books of poetry, she was appointed the United States Poet Laureate in 2012-2013. Winner of numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (2006), the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Grolier Poetry Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. Trethewey is also a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, where she directs the Creative Writing Program.