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"Six African American Studio Photographers in the South, 1900-1950"
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Pictures from Home examines the creation and use of photography by and for African American individuals, families and groups during a fifty year periods when Jim Crow and negative racial stereotyping still prevailed in the South. The exhibition features 120 images by six gifted studio photographers and self-made entrepreneurs, each of whom enjoyed significant and lasting careers within their own respective communities. The significance of their photography lies not only in its intrinsic beauty but also in its true and powerful representation of the richness and diversity of African American life and the need to keep memory and the past alive across continents and generations.
 Through January
What: Pictures from Home: Six African American Studio Photographers in the South, 1900Š1950
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through Jan. 8, 2006
Where: Tubman African American Museum, 340 Walnut St.
Cost: $5 adults, $3 students
Web: http://www.tubmanmuseum.com/exhibits/current.htm
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/entertainment/12951824.htm
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