Kwame Brathwaite
Untitled (Men at photo shoot at a school in the 1960s)

Untitled (Men at photo shoot at a school in the 1960s)

© Kwame Brathwaite

Untitled (Men at photo shoot at a school in the 1960s)
Untitled (Men at photo shoot at a school in the 1960s)
ArtistAmerican, 1938–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled (Men at photo shoot at a school in the 1960s)
Date1966, printed 2018
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 14 15/16 in. (38.1 × 37.9 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip Martin and Portia Hein
Object number2019.48
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“Black is Beautiful” became a household phrase beginning
in the 1960s, yet the roots of this powerful sentiment were in photography. As
a branch of the artist collective the African Jazz Art Society and Studios
(AJASS), the photographer Kwame Brathwaite and his brother Elombe Brath founded
Grandassa Models in 1966. Their roster of male and female models
encompassed different shades of skin and natural hair types. According to the New
York Times arts
writer Melissa Smith, “Black power’s effectiveness as a political slogan owes a
debt to how Mr. Brathwaite showcased his subjects.”



Provenance[Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles]; given to MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–September 22, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no recto or verso inscriptions]

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

[men dressed in women's night dresses "1960"]
1960
Gelatin silver print
2014.552
uncropped recto of frame, shot through glass
Jan Banning
2003
Inkjet print
2013.115
Washington Square, New York City, 1960
Dave Heath
1960, printed 1962
Gelatin silver print
2002.3339
Hunting the Caribou - "Shoot! Shoot!"
Frederic Remington
no date
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1430.130
[Family Photos, Vacations, Islip High School Baseball Team, Windsor, Vermont with Biplane]
Marjorie P. Parker
1901–1917
Album of gelatin silver prints
2020.137.79
Untitled (Performance-Detail, 1999, The New York Times Shoot)
Vanessa Beecroft
1999
Chromogenic print
2021.647
Fashion Shoot
Bernard Mendoza
1985–2003
Gelatin silver print
2003.819
Aristolochia specialis. Osterluzei. Young tendril shoot, enlarged 8X.
Karl Blossfeldt
1920s
Gelatin silver print
79.216.9