Photographing Culture and Traditions in Communities of Color – The New York Times

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Photographing Culture and Traditions in Communities of Color

A friendship forged as teenagers in Chicago has taken Frank Stewart and John Simmons on a long journey documenting the lives and traditions of African-Americans.

via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/searching-for-the-missing-scenes-of-black-lives-simmons-stewart/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

More than half a century after they met, the two are still the closest of friends. Mr. Stewart went on to join Kamoinge, an influential collective of black photographers, and is now the senior photographer for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Mr. Simmons is an Emmy-winning cinematographer who has continued to photograph wherever his work takes him.