LOUIS DRAPER
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Born: September 24, 1935, Richmond, Virginia. - Died: 2002, New York, NY.
Education
| 1997 | Pace University |
| 1993 | Bucks County Community College |
| 1990s | Virginia Commonwealth University Color Photography Studied under Harold Fienstein & W. Eugene Smith |
| 1989 | Photography Educators, Rochester, NY - Ansel Adams Gallery & Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 1987 | Thomas Edison College, BA - Coordinator of Photograph Department. Certification of completion of Photo I Workshop Symposium for |
| 1986 | Temple University |
| 1983,1985,1986, 1987,1992 | Mercer County Community College |
| 1973 - 1982 | Attended workshops on film, TV and screenplay writing at Frederick Douglas Creative Arts Center |
| 1970 | New York University - Professional Certificate Institute of Film & Television, 1970 |
| 1954 - 57 | Virginia State College, Petersburg, VA |
| 1953 | Virginia Randolph High School, Glen Allen, VA |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2016-'2017 | "Selected Photographs of Louis Draper(1935-2002)", The Burgess Fine Arts Collection, New York, NY. |
| Oct 2011 - Jan 2012 | Black History Museum & Cultural Center, "The Eye of the Artist" |
| Nov 2005 | Human Face Exhibition, Mercer County Community College Trenton, NY |
| 1995 - 1996 | Cultural Events Season at the Peddie School, New Jersey - William Burke Theater |
| Oct - Nov 1995 | The Mariboe Gallery - The Peddie School - Malcolm X Hightstown, NJ |
| Nov 1991 | Solo Exhibit - Mercer County Community College |
| 1990 | Exhibits in Africa, Moscow, Germany, London & Paris |
| 1989 | Enter the City - Stockton College and Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ |
| Jan - Feb 1984 | Dialogue (Boy Portrait, 1976) |
| Jun 1981 | Black Enterprise |
| 1978 | American Rag (Fall) Senegal |
| Jul 1977 | MS Magazine - Fannie Lou Hamer |
| Dec 1976 | Harlem Art Collection - Selected as semi - finalist (Expression from The Roots) |
| 1972 | Black Creation (Summer ) Children at a Crosswalk |
| 1961 | Jubilee |
| 1960 | Exhibit at the Image Gallery |
| 1959 | Photography at Mid-Century exhibit at the George Eastman House |
Group Exhibitions
| 2016 | Kamoinge Photographers' 50th Anniversary Exhibition at Kenkabela Art Galery, New York, NY. |
| 1962 - 2002 | Kamoinge Workshop |
| May 1995 | "Trenton Takes" 24 Hours in the City |
| Jan 1995 | Mel Leipzig & Louis Draper Faculty Exhibition, The Gallery Mercer County Community College |
| 1993 | Series "New Jersey Artists" |
| Jan - Feb 1990 | Louis Draper & Aubrey J. Kauffman Rider College Art Gallery Lawrenceville, NJ |
| 1990 | (TAWA) Trenton Artists Workshop Association - Selected as one of six artists to travel to the Soviet Union as part of an exchange program of artists and exhibition. |
| Jan 1984 | Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit Mercer County Community College West Windsor Campus - Library Gallery |
| 1973 | The Black Photographers Annual |
Selected Collections
Photographs in the permanent collection Shomburg Museum, New York
New Jersey Historical Commissions incorporated 10 photographs of Fannie Lou Hamer into the New Jersey School Systems
George Eastman House
Work Experience
| 1985 | Photography Judge - Bordentown, NJ Art & Craft Show and Street Bazaar |
| 1982 | Joined Visual Arts Faculty as Coordinator of the Photographic Dept. Later became Professor of Photogtaphy at Mercer County Community College |
| 1978 - 1979 | Assistant to Herbert Robinson, Still Life Photographer & Kamoinge member |
| 1976 - 1978 | Assistant to Fashion Photographer & Kamoinge member, Anthony Barboza |
| 1972 - 1975 | Honeywell Information Systems (Visual Communications Specialist) |
| 1967 | Began teaching photography in New York City Public Schools |
| 1960s | Taught - Public School System, Hackensack, NJ |
Honors and Awards
| 2002 - Present | Annual Scholarship in his memory awarded at Mercer County Community College |
| 1998 | Distiguished Teaching Award - Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ |
| 1990s | Developed and taught from his own textbook at Mercer County Community College |
| 1975 | Represented Kamoinge at the International Center of Photography in New Yourk as speaker on a panel. |
Books,Newspepers,Magazine,Newsletters and Calendars Appeared In
| 2016 | Louis H. Draper, Selected Photographs Book published. |
| 2012 | Calendar of selected photographs by Draper |
| 2011 | Spring "Exposure" Erina Duganne - Photos by Draper and article |
| 2010 | "The Voice" Newspaper article photograph of Draper |
| 2008 | Louis H. Draper, profiled on January, 2008 with his photograph - courtesy of Mr. Giles Wright. New Jersey Historical Commission - African American History Calendar |
| Jun 2006 | "Key Awareness" - Newspaper - Richmond, VA |
| 2006 | "New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement" Articles on and photographs by Louis H. Draper |
| 2002 | "American Photographers Who Passed Away in 2002" by the Art Libraries Society of North America |
| 1990 | "From the Fire" (The Sculpture of James Colavita) Photo - Princeton, NJ |
| Oct 1982 | Essence Magazine - 25th Anniversary - Two photographs displayed |
| Jul 1976 | Time Life Books (Discoveries) Draper nominated by James Van Der Zee to display some of his photographs for publication. |
| 1973 | The Black Photographers Annual |
| 1972 | "The Victors" Honeywell Information Systems The Viking - Mercer County Community College Newspaper The LINK - Visual Arts Dept. Mercer County Community College Newletter |
| Oct 1971 | "Fannie Lou Hamer Speaks Out" Essence Magazine |
| 1967 | The Arrow - Neighborhood Youth Corp Draper teaching students to mount and paint a Mounting Press - Bedford Stuyvesant |
| Jul 1966 | Camera Magazine (cover) |
| 1964 | Motown Record Corporation, Detroit Mich. |
Notable People Photographed
Langston Hughes
James Baldwin
Fannie Lou Hamer
Malcolm X
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Michael Jackson
Rev. & Mrs. Jesse Jackson
Mrs. Arthur Ashe
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Patti LaBelle
