Tag: Gerald Cyrus

In These Harlem Jazz Clubs, Musicians and Audience Became One – The New York Times

In These Harlem Jazz Clubs, Musicians and Audience Became One

“You went for the scene,” said Gerald Cyrus, who spent the 1990s photographing Harlem’s jazz clubs and jam sessions. Then they went away.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/lens/in-these-harlem-jazz-clubs-musicians-and-audience-became-one.html

Twenty-odd years ago, Gerald Cyrus wandered into a Monday night jam session at St. Nick’s Pub, a jazz club in Harlem. There he found a very different scene from the one downtown, where he had spent years taking photographs at the Village Vanguard and other spots.

May 4, 2018
12 African American Photographers You Should Follow | Time.com

12 African American Photographers You Should Follow Right Now

Artists and editors nominated under-the-radar, exciting black photographers

via Time: http://time.com/4673827/black-photographers/

While some artists such as Joshua Rashaad McFadden make use of archival material, others like Jasmine Murrell incorporate sculpture, while Gerald Cyrus’ work is firmly documentary in nature and Shamayim’s is clearly fashion-based.

February 24, 2017