The six photographers in the Black Chicago exhibition cover the period from 1940 to the present. None has followed the same path and none has the same way of looking at things. Each one presents a different image of the African-American community, who came to Chicago from the Deep South with the hope of greater freedom and better jobs. Their photos are a shocking and highly artistic testament to life in the city.
Black Chicago – Les Douches La Galerie, Paris, 28 October - 13 January
Young women, Englewood, Chicago, 2000
Hands with Flag, Chicago, 1990
Chicago, undated
Chicago Loop, 1958
Chicago, 1958
Two girls at Lake Michigan, Chicago, 1952
Chicago’s Southside, 1946-48
Chicago’s Southside, 1946-48
Children sitting in front of restaurant window, Chicago, 1950
D-MAN, Englewood, Chicago, 2007
Friends of Lille-D (Darius Mitchell) show off their T-shirts. Mitchell, a 14-year old boy, was shot and killed at a house party after a fight broke out
People gather on South Throop Street, to pay tribute to Albert Vaughn, 18, known as Li’l Albert, in April 2008. They wept, sang and chanted “say no more,” a phrase Vaughn would use when people asked him for help
Chicken Charlie, 1963
Black Chicago: chronicle of African-American life in the city – in pictures
Black Chicago – Les Douches La Galerie, Paris, 28 October - 13 January
Young women, Englewood, Chicago, 2000
Hands with Flag, Chicago, 1990
Chicago, undated
Chicago Loop, 1958
Chicago, 1958
Two girls at Lake Michigan, Chicago, 1952
Chicago’s Southside, 1946-48
Chicago’s Southside, 1946-48
Children sitting in front of restaurant window, Chicago, 1950
D-MAN, Englewood, Chicago, 2007
Friends of Lille-D (Darius Mitchell) show off their T-shirts. Mitchell, a 14-year old boy, was shot and killed at a house party after a fight broke out
People gather on South Throop Street, to pay tribute to Albert Vaughn, 18, known as Li’l Albert, in April 2008. They wept, sang and chanted “say no more,” a phrase Vaughn would use when people asked him for help
Chicken Charlie, 1963
Black Chicago: chronicle of African-American life in the city – in pictures
