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 Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis
Willis' stunning history of black photography begins in 1840, when freeman of color Jules Lion introduced the daguerreotype process in New Orleans, and works toward the present, showcasing photographs by James Presley Ball, James VanDerZee, Gordon Parks, and many others. Willis sketches important figures and traces both developments in photographic techniques and the practice of photography by African Americans
The early history of that practice was greatly concerned with countering demeaning images of blacks created by whites. Because so much of the general history of black Americans has been omitted or distorted in the telling in other books, Willis conveys more than the history of black photographers
by Richard Wright, was first published in 1941, brilliantly captures the lives of black people in America during the Great Depression. By combining the powerful prose of Richard Wright with startling photographs by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Arthur Rothstein, this book poignantly depicts the lives of black people during that era, from crowded, run-down farm shacks to Harlem storefront churches.
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