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Self-portrait of Thomas E. Askew
Thomas E. Askew (c. 1847 – July 12, 1914) was a photographer in Atlanta, Georgia. An African American, his work included portraits of himself, his family, and prominent African American community members.
His portraits and views were included in an
album titled Types of American Negroes that was compiled by
W. E. B. Du Bois for
The Exhibit of American Negroes at the
Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris.
[1]
He died on July 12, 1914. The
Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 destroyed his studio and equipment.
[2] He is buried in Atlanta's
Oakland Cemetery .
[2]
Photographic portrait of Askew's daughter
Summit Avenue Ensemble: Askew's sons and a neighbor
References
Further reading
Mason, Herman (1991). Hidden Treasures: African-american Photographers in Atlanta, 1870-1970 . Atlanta, GA: African-American Family History Association.
OCLC
28327609 .
Smith, Shawn Michelle (2004).
Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture . Duke University Press. pp. 4, 68–73.
ISBN
978-0822333432 .
Lewis, David Levering; Willis, Deborah (2010).
A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress . Zondervan. pp. 58–59.
ISBN
9780062043603 .
Finkelman, Paul; Wintz, Cary D. (2009).
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century Five-volume Set . Oxford University Press, USA. p. 84.
ISBN
9780195167795 .
Marter, Joan M. (2011).
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art . Oxford University Press. p. 56.
ISBN
9780195335798 .