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In the 1960s, these African American photographers came together to fight underrepresentation in the art world
In 1963, responding to their underrepresentation in the art world, two groups of African American photographers met in New York and decided to join forces.
The result was a collective called Kamoinge.
- Kenneth Dickerman
- The Washington Post
The word comes from the Kenyan language of Gikuyu and means “a group of people acting and working together.”
The collective would meet weekly to …