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Illustrated Bio-bibliography” (1985), which included over three hundred photographers in the book. As she described in an interview, many of the photographers were ready to throw out their work due to lack of recognition before the book. Continuing with her goal of recognizing black photographers, Deborah Willis came out with a second installment called “An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988” (1989) which also included contemporary photographers, as she previously intended to in the first installment.
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women adjusting their husbands' knots. At the same time, however, the artist's cutting and reconfiguration of the ties raises the possibility that such nostalgic references might be outmoded or rejected. This multivalent collage "also memorializes black soldiers who fought in World War II," since Willis includes photos of soldiers on linen fabric collaged onto the tie fabric. Willis's focus on the
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267:(2014). Also known as "Deb Willis," she survived a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2001. She was the curator of photographs and the prints/exhibition coordinator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library between 1980 and 1992.
255:, eventually become the chair of that department. Interested in "historic and cultural documentation and preservation," she has published "some twenty books on African-American photographers and on the representation of blacks in photographic imagery." Among them are
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434:"Deborah Willis," Hughley Gallery & Objects, Atlanta, 1992, involving "small narrative quilts built around historical photographs, documents and family snapshots."
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2099:"Deborah Willis’s Writings and Exhibitions Have Shaped Scholarship on African-American Photography"
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African American Vernacular Photography: selections from the Daniel Cowin Collection
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A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African-American portraits of progress
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Willis is also a quilter, also incorporating photographic images into her pieces.
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2020 Award for Outstanding Service to Photography and Honorary Fellowship of the
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Williams, edited by Deborah Willis; with research assistance by Carla (2010).
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Headley, Jennifer (2006). "Deborah Willis-Kennedy". In Warren, Lynne (ed.).
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Reflections in Black: a history of Black photographers, 1840 to the present
485:"Posing Beauty in African American Culture," which opened Fall 2009 at the
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1495:"Legendary Photo Historian and Artist Deborah Willis Wins $ 200,000 Award"
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Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present
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Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present
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The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
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Schmitz-Rizzo, Margaret. "Kemper Museum displays artist's keepsakes".
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Her quilts have been included in the following exhibits and catalogs:
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Smith, Virginia. Art review - "Constructed Images: New Photography."
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Posing Beauty: African American images from the 1890s to the present
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Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present
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An Illustrated Bio-bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940–1988
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Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery
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Black Photographers, 1840–1940: an illustrated bio-bibliography
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Cottman, Michael H; Deborah Willis; Linda Tarrant-Reid (1996).
1762:. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press. pp. 90–91.
1426:"African-American History, From Family Albums to Museum Walls"
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Driskell, David C; David L Lewis; Deborah Willis Ryan (1987).
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Black Photographers Bear Witness: 100 years of social protest
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1064:. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harry N. Abrams.
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Willis, Deborah; Hank Willis Thomas; Kalia Brooks (2009).
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Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
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2023 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art
1864:"Traveling exhibition venues (for Reflections in Black)"
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Thomas, Deb Willis and Hank Willis (December 20, 2017),
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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American portraits
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Willis served on the jury that chose the winners of the
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Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
1451:"We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s"
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Picturing Us: African American identity in photography
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Family History Memory: recording African American life
1209:. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Accessed August 1, 2009.
914:. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, Abradale Press.
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photography, curator, author, art historian, educator
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Black Venus, 2010 : they called her "Hottentot"
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1184:Deborah Willis Curriculum Vitae – March, 2013.
558:Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas
229:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
178:Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas
2273:Members of the American Philosophical Society
1969:Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography
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738:The Black Female Body: a photographic history
598:Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
481:Exhibitions that Willis has curated include:
270:Willis co-produced the 2014 documentary film
2198:University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni
2118:Deborah Willis professional files collection
1907:, November 9, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2009.
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332:2023 Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Yale
16:American artist and photographer (born 1948)
1971:. New York: Routledge. pp. 1687–1689.
1954:, August 23, 1991. Accessed August 2, 2009.
1918:"Harlem curator helps redefine photography"
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740:. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
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906:; David L Lewis; Deborah Willis (1994).
755:Crouch, Stanley; Deborah Willis (2002).
736:Willis, Deborah; Carla Williams (2002).
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1222:A mother and son united by love and art
1018:Willis, Deborah; Howard Dodson (1989).
596:Willis, Deborah; Emily Bernard (2009).
518:. New York: New York University Press.
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211:from the Cultural Studies Program of
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846:. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks.
804:. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks.
757:One Shot Harris: the photographs of
122:https://debwillisphoto.com/home.html
2258:20th-century African-American women
2243:21st-century African-American women
2233:21st-century American photographers
2076:"Framing - and - Reflecting Beauty"
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265:Black: A Celebration of a Culture
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2056:Resources in other libraries
2037:Resources in other libraries
1716:Fox, Catherine. Art review.
1638:Charles Guice Contemporary.
1520:"Deborah Willis | Yale 2023"
1354:Farrington, Lisa E. (2005).
1137:MacArthur Fellows. July 2000
498:Arts and Industries Building
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1658:Bernice Steinbaum Gallery.
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801:The Family of Black America
189:Philadelphia College of Art
160:Deborah Willis was born in
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1890:. Accessed August 2, 2009.
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600:. New York: W. W. Norton.
581:. New York: W. W. Norton.
368:2003: Honorary doctorate,
337:Royal Photographic Society
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697:. Irvington, NY: Hylas.
674:Willis, Deborah (2005).
636:Willis, Deborah (2007).
575:Willis, Deborah (2009).
514:Willis, Deborah (2021).
496:"Reflections in Black,"
487:Tisch School of the Arts
205:City College of New York
156:Early life and education
142:Tisch School of the Arts
86:City College of New York
2263:American women curators
2158:American art historians
2122:New York Public Library
2023:Deborah Willis (artist)
1692:Wisconsin State Journal
980:. New York: New Press.
888:. New York: New Press.
759:Charles "Teenie" Harris
362:2005: Fletcher Fellow,
237:Smithsonian Institution
233:New York Public Library
213:George Mason University
91:George Mason University
2193:Pratt Institute alumni
1660:Exhibitions 2005-2009.
411:Sacramento, California
1851:Philadelphia Inquirer
1384:New York University.
1200:Deborah Willis résumé
1156:New York University.
1083:. New York: Garland.
1041:. New York: Garland.
936:. New York: Garland.
721:. New York: Amistad.
621:. New York: Amistad.
2153:Photography curators
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1412:Baltimore City Paper
416:"Regarding Beauty",
403:Berkeley, California
253:Tisch School of Arts
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1119:The HistoryMakers.
678:. New York: Hylas.
535:Krauthamer, Barbara
491:New York University
477:Curated exhibitions
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364:Fletcher Foundation
295:Woodmere Art Museum
249:New York University
146:New York University
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2074:Berger, Maurice, "
1952:The New York Times
1922:The New York Times
1905:The New York Times
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1333:2009-12-28 at the
1308:. December 4, 2020
1205:2009-02-17 at the
1143:2007-09-29 at the
348:Harvard University
170:Hank Willis Thomas
112:Hank Willis Thomas
2268:American curators
2218:American quilters
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2018:Library resources
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1524:yale2023.yale.edu
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843:Million Man March
647:978-1-58834-242-3
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