Exhibition Details
Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes (1901–1967) held friendships with artists across generations and disciplines. He forged connections between creative professionals, encouraged the work of others, and helped build a larger network of Black creatives and intellectuals responding to, and shaping, the current events of the time. The photographs in this exhibition offer an intimate look at Langston Hughes with students, writers, visual artists, and performers in different periods of their maturation.
Additional Details
Multiple professional collaborations emerged from the mentorship, as did an enduring friendship. In this exhibition, Griff Davis’s photography is complemented by archival material from the Schomburg Center’s collections and letters reflecting decades of personal correspondence.
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
(135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
New York, NY
Image: Langston Hughes interviewing Dizzy Gillespie / photo by Griff Davis