Chester Higgins, Jr.
| Chester Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1946 (age 68–69) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography |
Chester Higgins Jr. (born November 1946) is an American photographer.[1][2][3][4]
Life and work
Higgins was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in New Brockton, Alabama.[5] He attended Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), where he was mentored by the school's official photographer, P. H. Polk, and graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in business management.[5] Higgins has worked as a New York Times photographer since 1975 and has exhibited in museums throughout the world.[2]
Higgins is the author of the photo collections Black Woman, Drums of Life, Some Time Ago: A Historical Portrait of Black America (1850–1950), Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa, Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging, and his memoir Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer's Journey. His most recent book is Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and has been included in numerous book collections and appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Fortune, Look, Essence and Life.
Currently he is researching and photographing monuments and other antiquity sites along the River Nile from the 6,000-foot high mountains of Kush (modern-day Ethiopia) through Nubia (Sudan) down to the ancient land of Kemet (Egypt). In this latest project, entitled Before Genesis, Higgins narrates the story of the African beginnings of spirituality, antecedents of the Biblical world.
He is represented by the Peter Fetterman Gallery of Santa Monica, California.[6]
Published books
- Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile. American University Press Cairo, October 2012.
- Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer’s Journey, New York: Doubleday, October 2004.
- Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging, Boston: Bulfinch Press, November 2000.
- Feeling The Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa, New York: Bantam Books, 1994. A portrait of the African Diaspora.
- with Coombs, Orde, Some Time Ago, New York: Doubleday/Anchor Press, 1980. A historical portrait of blacks in the United States between 1850 and 1950.
- with Coombs, Orde, Drums of Life, New York: Doubleday/Anchor Press. A portrait of the universality of men and the uniqueness of being black in the 1970s.
- with McDougall, Harold, Black Woman, New York: McCalls Publishing, 1970. A portrait of the universality of women and the uniqueness of being black during the 1960s.
- with Machobane, Burns, Student Unrest at Tuskegee Institute: A Chronology, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Tuskegee University, Alabama, 1968. An academic community in conflict and its resolution.
References
- ↑ Suzanne Muchnik, "Traveling the Globe to Document the Spirit of a People", Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1996.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chester Higgins Jr biography, BrotherMen, PBS.
- ↑ Tadias.com
- ↑ Present Magazine
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Biography at Chester Higgins Jr website.
- ↑ "Chester Higgins Jr." at Peter Fetterman Gallery.