THE BLACK TRIANGLE
PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ANTI-RACIST MOVEMENTS IN THE UK, USA AND SOUTH AFRICA
BOB ADELMAN | EVE ARNOLD | IAN BERRY | VANLEY BURKE | POGUS CAESAR | ERNEST COLE | BRUCE DAVIDSON | DORIS DERBY | DANNY LYON | ARMET FRANCIS | NEIL KENLOCK | HIROJI KUBOTA | CONSTANTINE MANOS | CHARLIE PHILLIPS | STEVE SCHAPIRO | JÜRGEN SCHADEBERG | SYD SHELTON | VRON WARE | ERNEST WITHERS
“The triangle is: The Americas & Caribbean, Europe and Africa. The black triangle for me is a very deep feeling, politically, culturally and socially one that is to be presented in a simple way. I had to capture it through my camera, through my work and present it as honestly as possible.” – Armet Francis.
This October Atlas is presenting a group exhibition showing era-defining images of historical moments and heroes of the fight against racist ideology and politics on three continents.
Please email info@atlasgallery.com for a press release and images.
In collaboration with Dr Mark Sealy, Autograph & Photography and the Archive Research Centre London College of Communication.
More works from the exhibition are available, please contact us for more information.
Volunteer Math Teacher with Students, Tufts, Mound Bayou, MS, 1968
William Edwin Jones pushes daughter during protest, Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee, 1950s
‘Use the ballot’, Just prior to the elections bringing the ANC to power with Johannesburgs streets lined with soldiers and barbed wire, Johannesburg, 1994
Handsworth Riots; Birmingham, UK, 1985 © Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022
Handsworth Riots; Birmingham, UK, 1985 © Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022
John Akomfrah, Handsworth, Birmingham, UK 1985 © Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS/Artimage 2022
Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Other Activists March on Washington, 1963
Police in Winson Green, Birmingham, confront a protest against a National Front march in 1976
George Lincoln Rockwell, Flanked by Members of the American Nazi Party, Listening to Malcolm X’s speech at the Black Muslims Meeting, Chicago, 1962
Every African must show his pass before being allowed to go about his business, sometimes check broadens into search of a man’s person and belongings, South Africa, 1960s
James Baldwin Having a Drink with His Brother at a Broadway Bar, NYC, 1965