See You: Faces of the Black Man of Happiness is a four-part creative/artistic public awareness campaign of Peter J. Harris’ Black Man of Happiness Project:
Social Media Campaign on Instagram @seeyou247: anchored by ‘framed’ historical Legacy photos of Black men and boys ‘emanating a sense of joy,’ our brilliant tagline coined by Research Librarian Helen Cate.
Publication, See You Emanating a Sense of Joy, a Proof of Concept for a fine art coffee table book, featuring 1—an Introduction by Peter J. Harris; 2—Legacy—featuring historical photos; 3—Living Masters—featuring photos by contemporary photographers; and 4—Me & Daddy—an intimate portfolio of photos of Harris’ father, intertwined with 3 poems written by Harris.
Community Engagement:
Art exhibition pairing historical Legacy photos with photos from Living Masters to create an exhibition that will travel digitally and to select museums and galleries.
Photo Mural pairing enlarged historical Legacy photos with enlarged photos from Living Masters for display on exterior walls, banners and billboards.
Social Media Campaign @seeyou247
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Photo Citations
Listen Here – Countdown to History
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. “Harlem residents in front of shop listening to the radio, 1930s.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930 – 1939. Link: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/75ece515-a29e-388d-e040-e00a180601f1
*Helen Cate @helen_of_troyyyyy , Research Librarian ; Funded in part by @thepollinationproject #seedthechange ; design by @julieraycreative
Joyful Boys – Dance in My Light
African American children, False River, Louisiana. Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, photographer. 1934 July. Lomax Collection (LOT 7414), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Photographic Print. Link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc.00324/?co=lomax
*Helen Cate @helen_of_troyyyyy , Research Librarian ; Funded in part by @thepollinationproject #seedthechange ; design by @julieraycreative
Proud Papa – Cradling the Future
Man holding child, standing, facing front, possibly from the visit by Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle to Andros Island in the Bahamas. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Lomax Collection. Date unknown. Link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc.00530/?co=lomax
*Helen Cate @helen_of_troyyyyy , Research Librarian ; Funded in part by @thepollinationproject #seedthechange ; design by @julieraycreative
Three Men – Pyramid of Dignity & Joy
“Two men with canes seated in foreground with another man standing behind them.” Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photographs. Cornell University Digital Library. Tintype (Photographic Print). Late-19th Century. Link: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:1508544
*Helen Cate @helen_of_troyyyyy , Research Librarian ; Funded in part by @thepollinationproject #seedthechange ; design by @julieraycreative