Kwame Brathwaite 1938 in New York, NY-2023 in New York, NY
Untitled (Nomsa Brath with earrings designed by Carolee Prince), 1964 c.
Archival pigment print
30 x 30 in
76.2 x 76.2 cm
76.2 x 76.2 cm
Exhibitions
"Mod New York: Fashion Takes a Trip," Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, November 22-April 1, 2018."Black is Beautiful: Empowerment Through the Lens of Kwame Brathwaite, 1962 - 1975," Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, May 21 - July 30, 2016
Literature
Ford, Tanisha. "Kwame Brathwaite: Black is Beautiful," Aperture, New York, NY, 133pp., May 2019.Smith, Melissa. “The Photos That Lifted Up the Black Is Beautiful Movement,” New York Times LENS Blog, November 27, 2018.
Laneri, Raquel. “How a Harlem fashion show started the ‘Black is Beautiful’ Movement,” New York Post, February 5, 2018.
Ford, Tanisha C. "Kwame Bratwaite: Black is Beautiful," Aperture, October 2017.
