#ErnestCole (1940-1990)

More photographs from the South African #Photographer's posthumously published book #TheTrueAmerica (2024) - New York City photos taken in the late 60s + early 70s but only discovered in a Swedish bank vault in 2018

#photography #newyork #nyc #harlem #streetphotography

#ErnestCole (1940-1990)

More photographs from the South African #Photographer's posthumously published book #TheTrueAmerica (2024) - New York City photos taken in the late 60s + early 70s but only discovered in a Swedish bank vault in 2018

#photography #newyork #nyc #harlem #streetphotography

#ErnestCole (1940-1990)

More photographs from the South African #Photographer's posthumously published book #TheTrueAmerica (2024) - New York City photos taken in the late 60s + early 70s but only discovered in a Swedish bank vault in 2018

#photography #newyork #nyc #harlem #streetphotography

South African #Photographer #ErnestCole (1940-1990) In 2018 a collection of 60,000 negatives was found at a bank vault in Stockholm, where Cole had lived briefly. The book #TheTrueAmerica was published in 2024

#photography #newyork #nyc #ernestcolelostandfound #harlem #streetphotography

a variety of Black people walking on the street in Harlem in brightly colored clothing like a pink shirt

An unidentified Asian woman at a protest wearing a headband that states "no more hiroshimas"

a Black woman wearing a head wrap and a white crop top featuring a photo button of herself

a Black man in orange pants and had with a yellow longsleeve shirt holding a radio on the street

Stopped by "The True America: Photographs by Ernest Cole" this past weekend at @artsmia.bsky.social - really good show on view through June 2025.
#photography #ErnestCole #MinneapolisInstituteOfArt #Minneapolis #TheTrueAmerica