From 1939 until his death in 1984, Prentice Herman Polk taught It photography at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and was the official Campus Photographer. In 1933, he became chair of the university’s photography department. Polk owned one of Macon County, Alabama’s few private photography Studios and became a renowned portrait photographer.
His images of Southern life — from the dignitaries who visited Tuskegee and the middle-class African Americans who frequented his private studio, to the farmers and laborers who worked the cotton fields of rural Macon County — all tell a riveting human story as interpreted through the photographer’s eye.
The following Photo essay excerpts of the images included in Through These Eyes. The Photographs of P.H. Polk, an exhibition on view, now through April 5, at the University of Delaware’s University Gallery. The exhibition celebrates the centennial of Polk’s birth and includes approximately 150 photographs. Numerous interpretive programs also are planned.
For more information or to receive a calendar of events call (302) 831-8242; fax (302) 83 8251: TDD (302)831-4563; or visit the Web site at http:// seurat.art.udel.edu.
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