Come get a free portrait taken by one of Baltimore’s most accomplished photographers! Starting in March 2022, African American community members, residents, young teens, grandmothers, full-time working mothers and fathers are invited to have their portrait taken and share their story at the Enoch Pratt Library. This program is meant to serve the African American community as a way to continue the legacy and history of portraiture in the Black community. Portraiture was a way to show dignity, progression, and preserving communal and family histories especially during periods of not having access to professional photographers or means and methods to archive and preserve ongoing Black history. This project is a continuation of work started at Beattie Ford Library in Charlotte, North Carolina.
March 8 - 12-2 & 5-6:30 pm
March 15 - 12-2 & 5-6:30 pm
April 13- 12-2 & 5-6:30 pm
April 19- 12-2 & 5-6:30 pm
Enoch Pratt Free Library - Central Branch (400 Cathedral Street)
Collaboration Classroom 2707, second floor
Once you sign up for a date and time, SHAN will reach out to confirm scheduling.
More about SHAN
SHAN Wallace (b. 1991) is a nomadic award-winning visual artist, photographer, and educator from East Baltimore, MD. Much of SHAN Wallace's work is focused on the Archive-- its history of development, challenges of the modern Archive, Archive as Artwork and how to ethically accumulate primary source documents. Inspired by the nuances of day-to-day life of her surroundings in Baltimore, she uses her lens, collage and in situ installations as the basis of her work, demonstrating the cultural and political narratives of black life, confronting oppressive politics and histories within communities of the African diaspora, and challenging ideas surrounding existing collections, culture and archives of Blackness.
Email:
SHAN@mdfilmfest.comPhone: 443-682-3651
