SEE: BEEN SEEN EXHIBIT AT THE SCHOMBURG

Been Seen exhibit featuring the photography of Austin Hansen at the Schomburg, 515 Lenox at the corner of 135th Street. Harlem-based photojournalist, studio photographer, and documentarian, Austin Hansen (1910-1996), was the subject of Hansen’s Harlem, an important retrospective of his work held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1989. On exhibition were nearly 200 images from the 1940s to the 1980s, moving through intimate spaces and time, documenting special events and the private lives of ordinary people and celebrities for whom Harlem was home and a place to see and be seen.Images by Black photographers continue to file minority reports for the interior and public life of Black existence. Been Seen places the work of Austin Hansen in conversation with seven contemporary photographers: Dario Calmese, Cheriss May, Flo Ngala, Ricky Day, Gerald Peart, Mark Clennon, and Lola Flash. Their practices explore identity, Black experiences, visual culture, and portraiture.  More details and ticket information on the Schomburg event site: LINK

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