Chicago Tonight | Kwame Brathwaite Captured Black Beauty in the 60s and 70s | Season 2023

>> A PHOTOGRAPHER HELPS TO CAPTURE BLACK BEAUTY IN THE 1960s AND 70s.

HE DIED SOON AFTER AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK OPENED AT THE ART INSTITUTE.

CHICAGO TONIGHT VISITED THE MUSEUM FOR A LOOK AT ONE MAN 'S PASSION FOR POSSIBILITY.

>> HE IS ESSENTIALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH THE BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPING THE AESTHETICS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND CREATING IMAGES THAT ALLOW US TO LOOK BACK AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY.

>> QUAM E BRATHWAITE PHOTOGRAPHED REGGAE GIANT BOB MARLEY.

HE TOURED THE WORLD TO PROMOTE PAN- AFRICAN CREATIVITY.

HE IS SEEN HERE IN A SELF-PORTRAIT IN THE 1960s ARTIST AND ACTIVIST DOCUMENTED MANY THINGS IS WAITING FOR.

>> YOU SEE CAREER DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME AND CONNECTIONS MADE WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE AND THE RICHNESS OF HIS ENGAGEMENT AND HIS COMMITMENT TO BOTH DOCUMENTING BLACK CULTURE AND CELEBRATING IT AND CREATING IT AT THE SAME TIME.

>> BRATHWAITE ORGANIZED FASHION SHOWS AND CONCERTS, PHOTOGRAPHED ALBUM COVERS, AND HE USED HIS DARKROOM SCHOOLS TO SHED LIGHT ON PIVOTAL MOMENTS, POSITIVITY AND EMPOWERMENT.

>> HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.

HE REALLY THOUGHT CAREFULLY ABOUT HIS PRINTING AND HOW TO BRING OUT BLACK SKIN TONES, BLACK HAIR AND HOW TO BRING OUT THESE TONES AND TEXTURES THAT STILL WANT NECESSARILY DEVELOPED TO PROCESS ACCURATELY.

>> A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR SEVEN DECADES FOUND INSPIRATION IN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

>> HE IS CONSTANTLY REVIEWING ALBUMS, REVIEWING FESTIVALS AND MUSIC, AND HIM AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARE VERY INTERTWINED.

THEY ARE ALSO INTERTWINED AT THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION.

HE WAS INTO THINKING OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS RESPONDING TO OR LEADING TO EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS THE MOST IS IF YOU COULD HEAR THE IMAGES SOMETIMES.

I LOVE THE EXPRESSION THAT WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH IT YOU CAN SEE THE

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