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Dorothy Gloster is an American photographer based in New York. She is best known for her documentary photography and participation in Collective Black Photographers[1] and the Kamoinge Workshop.[2]

Biography

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Dorothy Gloster began her career in photography in 1970 when she joined the camera club at Hamilton Madison House, New York. In 1973, Gloster was awarded a New York State's Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS) fellowship.[3] The resulting documentary photographs of villages in Ghana and Nigeria were published in Exposure: Work by Ten Photographers (1976). In the mid-1970s, Gloster worked in photography therapy for people with mental illnesses.[1]

Gloster collaborated with American photographer Louis H. Draper on the 1974 magazine Outlook.[4] She was also a member of the Studio Museum in Harlem.[5]

Portraits of her are held at the Carnegie Museum of Art[6] and in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archive.[7]

Selected exhibitions

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  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1972[1]
  • Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, New York City, 1973[1]
  • James Van Der Zee Institute, New York City, 1975[1]
  • Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1975[1]

Selected publications

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  • Crawford, Joe, ed. The Black Photographer's Annual 1973. Brooklyn, New York: Black Photographer's Annual,1973.
  • Creative Artists Public Service Program. Painters, Sculptors, Graphic Artists, Photographers, 1973-74. New York: Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1974.
  • Willis, Deborah. An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988 / [Deborah Willis-Thomas]. New York: Garland, 1989. Print. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities ; Vol. 760.
  • Ryser, Darcy. Exposure: Work by Ten Photographers. New York: Creative Artists Public Service Program, 1976.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Ryser, Darcy; Kismaric, Carole (1976). Exposure: work by ten photographers. Creative Artists Public Service Program. p. 85.
  2. ^ "Dottie in Englewood, and Kamoinge Members? [Dorothy Gloster] | Pinkney | Search the Archives". archives.vmfa.museum. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  3. ^ Coleman, A. D. (1974-06-02). "Photography". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. ^ ""Outlook", Feb. 1974 | Pinkney | Search the Archives". archives.vmfa.museum. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  5. ^ "Studio magazine (Summer/Fall 2016) by The Studio Museum in Harlem - Issuu". issuu.com. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  6. ^ "Collection | Carnegie Museum of Art". collection.carnegieart.org. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  7. ^ "Gloster, Dorothy | Pinkney | Search the Archives". archives.vmfa.museum. Retrieved 2024-06-12.