INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES
The Kevin Harris Collection makes selected materials available to museums, archives, libraries, universities, curators, scholars, and other institutions interested in African American vernacular photography and the photographic work of Kevin Harris.
The resources presented here provide an introduction to the scope, organization, and research potential of the Collection and Photographic Archive. Additional object-level information, high-resolution images, project documentation, and related archival materials may be made available for research, exhibition, publication, and acquisition inquiries.
THE KEVIN HARRIS COLLECTION
African American Vernacular Photography, c. 1870–1970
The Kevin Harris Collection spans approximately a century of African American photographic practice, from nineteenth-century tintypes through works on paper, neighborhood commercial studios, arcade photography, and photo booth portraits. Together, these materials document changing forms of self-presentation, family and social relationships, dress, performance, aspiration, leisure, and community life.
VIEW INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION
Curatorial documentation, collection-level information, object records, and additional images are available upon request.
THE KEVIN HARRIS PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
The Kevin Harris Photographic Archive encompasses work created across several decades, beginning with photographs of Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s and extending through travels in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, to later photographic projects in the Amazon region and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
VIEW PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE PRESENTATION — CHICAGO, 1970s
This presentation features selected photographs documenting neighborhood life, jazz, portraiture, and community gatherings on Chicago’s South Side.
THE WALLS CAN TALK — EXPLORE THE 360° PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT
An immersive photographic exploration of domestic interiors in Baton Rouge, revealing the relationship between personal space, memory, and the lives of their inhabitants.
Additional photographs, project documentation, high-resolution files, and archival materials are available upon request.
INSTITUTIONAL INQUIRIES
For research, exhibition, publication, acquisition, loans, image licensing, or access to additional archival materials, please contact the Kevin Harris Collection.