Charles (Teenie) Harris

Past and Present Collide in Pittsburgh

The Carnegie Museum of Art enlisted writers to reflect on the archives of the pioneering African-American photographer Charles (Teenie) Harris to better understand Pittsburgh today.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/past-and-present-collide-in-pittsburgh/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

Sometimes it takes a connection to the past to better understand the present. For essayists exploring African-American life in Pittsburgh, a trove of 80,000 photos taken by Charles (Teenie) Harris allowed them to immerse themselves in everyday life from the 1930s through the 1970s.

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Past and Present Collide in Pittsburgh – NYTimes.com

Past and Present Collide in Pittsburgh