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Description

1. 15 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.

Summary

1. Depictions of African Americans and persons of African descent attending church services, primarily in storefront churches, in New York City during the 1980s, consisting of candid shots and views of congregants praying, receiving blessings, in rapture, or in repose; and views of a choir singing, young children during services, and a baptism service.

Subject

1. Gelatin silver prints > 1980-1989
2. Portrait photographs > 1980-1989
3. Group portraits > 1980-1989
4. Rites & ceremonies > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
5. Baptisms > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
6. Black people > Spiritual life > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
7. African Americans > Spiritual life > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989
8. Black people > Religion
9. African Americans > Religion
10. Religious services > New York (State) > New York > 1980-1989

Genre/Form

1. Group portraits – 1980-1989.
2. Portrait photographs – 1980-1989.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Portfolio (Wilson, G.)

Note

1. Title based on photo captions.
2. Some photographs bear printed caption labels on verso. Some items are duplicates.

Terms of use (note)

1. Collection may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. Gilberto Antonio Wilson, born in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles in 1954, is a Philadelphia-based photographer and printmaker active since the mid-1970s. Wilson is a graduate of both Cooper Union, New York City (1974-1978) and Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (1978-1980), receiving degrees in photography and printmaking. He has also taught photography and was an artist-in-residence at Philadelphia's Brandywine Graphic Workshop. Wilson's work consists of photo essays and mixed-media prints depicting Caribbean culture, as well as a series on storefront churches in the United States.

Author

1. Wilson, Gilberto, photographer.

Title

1. Untitled church services / Gilberto Wilson.

Production

1. 1985-1986.

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Collection may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. Gilberto Antonio Wilson, born in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles in 1954, is a Philadelphia-based photographer and printmaker active since the mid-1970s. Wilson is a graduate of both Cooper Union, New York City (1974-1978) and Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (1978-1980), receiving degrees in photography and printmaking. He has also taught photography and was an artist-in-residence at Philadelphia's Brandywine Graphic Workshop. Wilson's work consists of photo essays and mixed-media prints depicting Caribbean culture, as well as a series on storefront churches in the United States.

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Research call number

1. Sc Photo Portfolio (Wilson, G.)