NEW EXHIBITION: People Who Make the World Go ‘Round
Photographer Unknown, The Chicago School Crisis, March 1964; Courtesy of the Sepia Photographic Archive at the African American Museum of Dallas.
ExhibitsUSA is excited to announce People Who Make the World Go ‘Round: The Legacy of Sepia Magazine!
Chronicling its nearly 40-year span, from 1947 to 1983, this exhibition highlights Sepia’s heyday as a national competitor to Ebony and Jet, while directing attention to its own distinct style and audience coming from the American South. People Who Make the World Go ‘Round charts the legacy of Sepia magazine, emphasizing the role of photo-based magazines, the evolution of printing technology, and the way the political landscape shaped Black-interest photojournalism.
Leading with photography, and above all, portraits of notable African Americans—in business, arts and entertainment, science, politics and everyday life—Sepia had a style comparable to Life, Look, and later Ebony magazine, where photography and the role of the photojournalist was key. The lesser-known subjects of Sepia’s “True Stories” alongside portraits of prominent African Americans in public life, such as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Harry Belafonte, Dianne Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Portier, Malcolm X, and Muhammed Ali, transformed its large format pages with clever journalism and catchy advertising, drawing in loyal readers and fans.
To read more and view the exhibition’s booking information, click HERE!