Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present

Deborah Willis, curator of photography at the Smithsonian Institution, has assembled this ground-breaking collection on the history of black photographers from the 1840's to the present. Broad in its scope and moving in its portrayals; one witnesses the final days of slavery, rare antebellum images, and present-day life within the black community. Includes images by James VanDerZee, Carrie Mae Weems, and Gordon Parks among hundreds of others.