THE ARRAY OF IMAGES Frank Stewart has made over the course of his career is dizzying. He’s photographed African American culture in its many forms—art, food, dance, and music, jazz in particular. He’s made portraits of artists, shot barbecue in the South and Midwest, and captured the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He photographed a mass baptism in the streets of East Harlem; Three hooded Klansmen striding single file across the grass at a Jackson, Miss., rally; and three young camels lounging on a barren patch of grassy terrain in Mali. He’s documented energetic street scenes, majestic landscapes, and abstract compositions. After the show: FRANK STEWART, “The Bow, Modena,” 1996 (inkjet print, 40 x 60 inches). | © Frank Stewart, Courtesy the artist Born 1949 in Nashville, Tenn., Stewart was raised in Memphis and Chicago and has spent his entire career based in New York. His practice is centered around African American culture and the black experience throughout the diaspora. His roots in the segregated South, life-long love of music, and studies with Roy DeCarava and Gary Winogrand, are reflected in his work. A member of the Kamoinge photography collective, he approaches photography as a true art form. […]
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