Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/02/2018 - 09/03/2018
12:00 am
Location
Carnegie Museum Of Art
Categories
This exhibition combines 25 images to tell the story of how one individual managed to document the complete experience of a community.
As a photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper, Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1988) worked around the clock. As a freelancer at nightclubs, at his portrait studio and as an artist, he was seemingly everywhere documenting the city’s historic African-American area known as The Hill District.
At the Courier, one of the nation’s most important black newspapers, he was out on the beat, covering the day’s news — from civil rights struggles to local politics, from celebrations to tragedies. He was an insider, heading backstage to shoot jazz musicians and sharing candid moments with sports legends. Harris also ran his own portrait studio on The Hill, catering to weddings, social clubs and churches.
Address
4400 Forbes Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15213
United States