Tag: Don Hogan Charles

  • Don Hogan Charles, Lauded Photographer of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

    Don Hogan Charles, Lauded Photographer of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 79 – The New York Times

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    Don Hogan Charles, Lauded Photographer of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 79 Mr. Charles, the first black photographer to be hired by The New York Times, took pictures of Malcolm X, Coretta Scott King and Muhammad Ali. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/obituaries/don-hogan-charles-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss In more than four decades at The Times, Mr. Charles photographed a wide range of subjects,…

  • From Black-and-White Negatives, a Positive View of Harlem – The New York Times

    From Black-and-White Negatives, a Positive View of Harlem – The New York Times

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    From Black-and-White Negatives, a Positive View of Harlem In these previously unseen photographs, the former New York Times photographer Don Hogan Charles Jr. reveals Harlem’s residents as fully rounded people — counter to the fearful perception that was reported in the 1960s. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/don-hogan-charles-harlem-photos-new-york-times/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-13&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=From%20Black-and-White%20Negatives%2C%20a%20Positi Don Hogan Charles, then 27 years old, was assigned…