Kwame Brathwaite
b. 1938, United States
Untitled (Pat on Car), 1968
Archival pigment print
38.1x38.1cm (image)
Edition of 10
This image is part of Brathwaite’s ‘Black is Beautiful’ period/series. Inspired in part by the writings of Marcus Garvey, Kwame Brathwaite, his older brother, Elombe Brath, and the African Jazz Arts Society and Studios (AJASS), which he co-founded, popularised this phrase in the late 50s and early 60s.
AJASS staged a fashion show titled “Naturally '62: The Original African Coiffure and Fashion Extravaganza Designed to Restore Our Racial Pride and Standards.”
Brathwaite used his photographs to produce positive images of African-Americans. He believed that “artistic and political vision can affect change in popular culture — and that popular culture can affect change on culture at large.”
AJASS staged a fashion show titled “Naturally '62: The Original African Coiffure and Fashion Extravaganza Designed to Restore Our Racial Pride and Standards.”
Brathwaite used his photographs to produce positive images of African-Americans. He believed that “artistic and political vision can affect change in popular culture — and that popular culture can affect change on culture at large.”