Research Catalog

Larry Neal photograph collection

Title: Larry Neal photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Neal, Larry, 1937-
Publication: 1965-1981.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

Item details
Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 1	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Larry Neal Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	box 2	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Larry Neal Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

Details

Additional Authors

Found In

p1bc Neal, Larry Papers (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A162.

Subject

Genre/Form

Cityscape photographs – 1960-1989.
Group portraits – 1960-1989.
Portrait photographs – 1960-1989.
Snapshots – 1960-1989.
Contact sheets – 1960-1989.
Photographic prints – col. – 1960-1989.
Silver gelatin photographic prints – 1960-1989.
Negatives (Photographs) – 1960-1989.

Note

Collection contains photographic work by Doug Harris, Robert A. Sengstacke, and Shawn Walkers Studio.

Biography (note)

Poet, playwright, critic, and editor, Neal was one of the major figures in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Larry Neal Papers, 1965-1985.

Local note

Sc MG 344

Call Number

SC Photo Larry Neal Collection

OCLC

NYPG93-F298

Author

Neal, Larry, 1937-

Title

Larry Neal photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

1965-1981.

Description

453 items (1.8 lin. ft., 2 boxes)

60 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w. ; 28 x 35 cm. and smaller.

40 photographic prints : col. ; 21 x 35 cm. and smaller.

32 contact sheets : silver gelatin ; 28 x 35 cm. and smaller

321 negatives : b&w.

Organized into three series: I. Personal Photographs (1965-1981); II. Professional Photographs (1965-1981); III. General (196?-198?)

Summary

The Larry Neal Photograph Collection documents his personal life and professioanl career during the 1960s and 1970s. Personal photographs include portraits of Larry Neal and photographs of friends and acquaintances. There is a limited depiction of Neal's family life; several images include Evelyn Rodgers Neal, Larry's wife, and there is one image of their son Avatar. Personal photographs also include a number of contact sheets with Neal's photographic work, documenting his travels to Jamacia and Haiti.

Professional photographs depict activities and personalities with which Neal was involved or supported. The bulk of collection images depict Neal's involvement with the Black Arts Movement (1960s-1970s). Contact sheets portray Neal lecturing and socializing at professional functions (i.e., receptions, meetings, etc.). The collection contains a group portrait of scholars at the Gordy Foundation Conference [197?], that explored the impact of Black Culture on the world. Contact sheet images capture a number of Black Arts Movement personalities working on artistic projects or socializing with one another. With the exception of one image of Black Panther H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), the professional photographs do not document Neal's involvement with the Black Panther Party. General subjects covered include the Rod Rodgers Dance Company, a theatre production (possibly a play by Neal), and a series of portraits of jazz musicians that recorded on the Blue Note Label. Professional photographs overlap with Neal's personal photographs, as a number of Neal's professional colleagues were or later became became his close friends.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Larry Neal Papers, 1965-1985.

Biography

Poet, playwright, critic, and editor, Neal was one of the major figures in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Local Note

Sc MG 344

Connect to:

Request Appointment

Local Subject

Black arts movement.

Added Author

Harris, Doug. Photographer

Sengstacke, Robert A. Photographer

Shawn Walker's Studio.

Found In:

p1bc Neal, Larry Papers (CstRLIN)NYPW89-A162.

Research Call Number

SC Photo Larry Neal Collection

View in Legacy Catalog