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C<\/strong>HESTER <\/strong>H<\/strong>\n IGGINS <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWrestling with issues of memory, place and identity, I see my life as a narrative and my photography as its expression. My art gives visual voice to my personal and collective memories. It is inside ordinary moments where I find windows into larger meaning. Light, perspective, and points in time are the pivotal elements I use to reveal an interior presence within my subjects as I search for what I identify as the Signature of the Spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

b. <\/strong>Fall 1946 <\/span>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alumni, Tuskegee University, 1970<\/span><\/p>\n

Mentored in photography under<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.H. Polk (1967-69) Tuskegee University; Arthur Rothstein (1969-78) <\/span>LOOK <\/em>magazine\/FSA; Cornell Capa (1970-80) International Center of Photography (ICP) and Gordon Parks (1971-80) <\/span>\n LIFE <\/em>magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mentored in art under<\/strong><\/p>\n

Romare Bearden (1972-80).<\/span><\/p>\n

Profession<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photographer, author, public speaker
Staff photographer retired, <\/span>The New York Times, <\/em>1975\u20142014. Exclusive Gallery Representation: Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 529 West 20<\/span>\n th <\/span>Street, NYC. 212.627.3930, <\/span>https:\/\/www.brucesilverstein.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n

Coordinates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Web site: <\/span>www.chesterhiggins.com, sacrednile.com <\/span>E<\/span>\n MAIL<\/span>: <\/span>ch************<\/span>@********<\/span>ng.com<\/span>
<\/span>C: 917.439.0079
Brooklyn, New York 11217-1301<\/span><\/p>\n

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Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n

Egyptological Seminar of New York (ESNY)
The Sudan Archaeological Research Society American Sudanese Archaeological Research Center American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) American Photographer Archives Group (APAG) The Silurians Press Club<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publications: Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester with Betsy Kissam, <\/span>Sacred Nile<\/em>, March Fourth Imprint October 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester with Gayle Wald, <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s Been Beautiful: Soul! And Black Power Television.\u201d <\/em>Duke University Press 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester with Marjorie Fisher, \u201c<\/span>Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile.<\/em>\u201d October 2012. American University Press Cairo<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr with Betsy Kissam, <\/span>Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer\u2019s Journey<\/em>, October 2004. Doubleday<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr with Betsy Kissam, <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>, November 2000, Bulfinch Press, Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr., <\/span>Feeling The Spirit<\/em>: <\/span>Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>\n , Bantam Books, New York, 1994. A portrait of the African Diaspora.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr., and Coombs, Orde, <\/span>Some Time Ago, <\/em>Doubleday\/Anchor Press, New York, 1980. An historical portrait of blacks in the United States between 1850\u20141950.<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr., and Coombs, Orde, <\/span>Drums of Life<\/em>, Doubleday\/Anchor Press, New York, 1974. A portrait of the universality of men and the uniqueness of being black in the 1970s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr., and McDougall, Harold, <\/span>Black Woman<\/em>, McCalls Publishing, New York, 1970. A portrait of the universality of women and the uniqueness of being black during the 60s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Higgins, Chester Jr., and Machobane, Burns, <\/span>Student Unrest at Tuskegee Institute: A Chronology<\/em>, Behavioral Science Research<\/span><\/p>\n

Institute, Tuskegee University, Alabama. 1968. An academic community in conflict and its resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Publications: Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins & Betsy Kissam, Rituals of the River Nile, <\/span>The Explorers Journal<\/em>, Fall 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins with Betsy Kissam, \u201cRiver Spirit\u201d Nile Magazine #20, June-July 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., \u201cHomage to Ethiopia\u201d. <\/span>The New York Times Lens Blog<\/em>. May 19, 2015. <\/span>\n https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2IBg8X7<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., \u201cA Dance of Rivers\u201d. <\/span>The New York Times Lens Blog<\/em>.\u201d December 18, 2014. <\/span>\n https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2IIj83Q<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., \u201cEthiopia\u2019s New Jerusalem.\u201d <\/span>American Legacy Magazine<\/em>. Winter 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., \u201cSacred Journey,\u201d <\/span>American Legacy Magazine<\/em>. Winter 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., \u201cInto Africa,\u201d <\/span>American Legacy Magazine<\/em>, Winter 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr. \u201cThe Extraordinary Every Day of Living Africa,\u201d <\/span>The New York Times Week in Review<\/em>, August 27, 2000 Chester Higgins Jr,. \u201cPilgrimage to the Past<\/span>\n ,\u201d Archaeology<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Magazine<\/em>, January\/February 2000
Chester Higgins Jr., “P.H.Polk and Me”, Crisis Magazine,<\/span><\/p>\n

December 1998
Chester Higgins Jr., “In the Spirit of Abraham”, <\/span>commonQuest<\/em><\/p>\n

Magazine, Spring, 1998
Chester Higgins Jr., “Journey Through an Ancient Land”, <\/span>The<\/em><\/p>\n

Explorers Journal<\/em>, Fall 1997
Chester Higgins Jr., “The Color of Red”, <\/span>ESSENCE, <\/em>\n February, 1997 Chester Higgins Jr., “A Friend of Ethiopia and All of Africa,” <\/span>The<\/em><\/p>\n

Ethiopian Mirror, <\/em>April, 1996
Chester Higgins Jr., “Boyhood Memories of Quilting Time in<\/span><\/p>\n

Alabama.” <\/span>The New York Times<\/em>, April 4, 1996
Chester Higgins Jr., “A Father’s Rite,” <\/span>\n The New York Times<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Magazine<\/em>, December 27, 1992<\/span><\/p>\n

Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruce Silverstein Gallery, <\/span>Black Pantheon<\/em>, 14 September 2023\u2014 28 October 2023, Chelsea section, New York City<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce Silverstein Gallery, <\/span>The Indelible Spirit<\/em>, May 6 \u2014 June 26, 2021 New York City<\/span><\/p>\n

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, <\/span>Foot Soldiers of 1963<\/em>. May 1, 2018 \u2014 November 30, 2018. Birmingham, Alabama<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, <\/span>Chester Higgins<\/em>. October 7, 2017 \u2014 May 06, 2018. Richmond, Virginia<\/span><\/p>\n

Sugar Hill Children\u2019s Museum, <\/span>Chester Higgins<\/em>: Passing Through. October 01, 2016 \u2014 August 27, 2017. New York City Harlem<\/span><\/p>\n

Skoto Gallery, \u201cChester Higgins: Zema.\u201d May 21 \u2014 June 20, 2015. Chelsea, New York City<\/span><\/p>\n

Arnika Dawkins Gallery, \u201c<\/span>Chester Higgins: Unseen Spirit.<\/em>\u201d October 04, 2013 \u2014 February 01, 2014. Atlanta, Georgia<\/span><\/p>\n

Art @ Tekserve Gallery, \u2018<\/span>My Soul Flies Home to Africa<\/em>.\u201d May 5 \u2014 June 13, 2012. New York City<\/span><\/p>\n

New York University\u2019s Kimmel Center Windows Gallery, NYC. \u201c<\/span>Stars of Ethiopia<\/em>.\u201d March 1 \u2014 May 1, 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlos Museum\/Shatten Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. \u201c<\/span>Nubian Dreams: Images of Sudan<\/em>.\u201d June 20 \u2014 August 15, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama. \u201c<\/span>Family, Friends & Acquaintances<\/em>,\u201d July 12 \u2014 September 2, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York State Museum, Albany, New York. \u201c<\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>. October 29, 2004 \u2014 April 05, 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Jazz Museum. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>. January \u2014 March 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

The Philadelphia African American Museum. Wisconsin <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>October \u2014 November 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\/New York Public Library, NY. <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . August 7 \u2014 December 31, 2003<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

America\u2019s Black Holocaust Museum. Milwaukee, Wisconsin <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>July <\/span>\n \u2014 <\/em>October 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

Musee Dapper, Paris, France. <\/span>Ghana: Yesterday and Today<\/em>. April \u2014 August, 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

National Library of Medicine. Bethesda, Maryland. . <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . February 10 \u2014 March 7, 2003<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>\n October 20, 2002 \u2014 April 6, 2003<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Tubman African American Museum, Macon Georgia. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>August \u2014 September 30, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Bank of America Tower Gallery, Seattle, Washington. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging <\/em>May 1<\/span>\n \u2014<\/strong>June14, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, New York <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>. March 15 \u2014 April 13, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>November 5 \u2014 December 31, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Langston Hughes Library, Queens, New York, <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>, Mini-exhibit. August 18, 2001 \u2014 September 30, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

King Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio. <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>June 7 \u2014 September 18, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York, <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging. <\/em>Mini exhibit<\/span>\n . <\/em>May 01, 2001 \u2014June 29, 2001. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Philadelphia, Pa., 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Landscapes of the Soul: Women of the African Diaspora<\/em>. Through April 21, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

The New -York Historical Society, <\/span>Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>. November 07, 2000 \u2014 March 25, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

NYC \/MTA, Arts for Transit<\/span>, Lightbox Project <\/em>42<\/span>\n nd <\/span>Street\/6<\/span>th <\/span>Ave IND subway station upper corridor, <\/span>\n Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging<\/em>. 01 July 2000 \u2014 May, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, <\/span>Landscapes of the Soul: Women of the African Diaspora<\/em>. July 21 \u2014 August 27, 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas. <\/span>Landscapes of the Soul: Women of the African Diaspora<\/em>\n . June \u2014July 2000<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Smith Robertson Museum, Jackson, MI, <\/span>Landscapes of the Soul: Women of the African Diaspora<\/em>. March 21 \u2013 April 27, 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

The United Nations, New York City <\/span>A Society For All Ages<\/em>: 1999 The Year of Aging. September 30, 1999 \u2014 October 15, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum of African Art, New York City <\/span>Landscapes of the Soul: Women of the African Diaspora. <\/em>January 29 \u2014 March 27, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

The Beach Institute, Savannah, Georgia <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>. January 18 \u2014 February 28, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C. <\/span>Spirituality in African American Art. <\/em>A group show. January 15, 1999 \u2014 June 30, 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n

African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . December 11, 1998 \u2014 February 28, 1999<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr., Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa. <\/em>\n September 17 \u2014 November 29, 1998<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>\n . May 9 \u2014 June 30, 1998<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. <\/span>Candomble\u0300: Ancient Spiritual Worship of African Brazilian Sainthood<\/em><\/p>\n

, March 19 \u2014 April 29, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa <\/em>\n February 14 \u2014 April 14, 1998<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa <\/em>\n October 05 \u2014 December 28, 1997.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Smithsonian Museum, Center for African American History and Culture, Industrial Arts Building Gallery on the Mall, Washington, D.C. <\/span>Feeling The Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>\n . January 19 \u2014 March 23, 1997.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Smithsonian Museum, Center for African American History and Culture, Industrial Arts Building Gallery on the Mall, Washington, D.C. <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . January 19 \u2014 March 23, 1997<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. <\/span>Enduring Rythmns<\/em>., photographic component. October 2, 1996 \u2014March, 30, 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n

Focus Hope Gallery, Detroit, Michigan. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>. November 14 \u2014 December 15, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

National Afro\u2014American Museum and Cultural Center at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . September 16 \u2014 November 24, 1996<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>. August 17 \u2014 October 27, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jewish Museum, New York. <\/span>Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey<\/em>. July 26 \u2014 January 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. <\/span>Pictures of the Times<\/em>: <\/span>\n A Century of Photography from The New York Times<\/em>. Group show. June 27 \u2014 October 8, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of African American History, African Meeting House. Boston, Massachusetts. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa. <\/em>\n May 26 \u2014 July 30, 1996.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa <\/em>\n . February 06 \u2014 April 07, 1996.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Peter Fetterman Gallery of Photographic Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa. <\/em>\n January 12 \u2014March 06, 1996.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

International Center of Photography, New York City. <\/span>Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa<\/em>\n . October 08, 1995 \u2014 January 08, 1996.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

African American Museum, Dallas, TX. <\/span>Invoking the Spirit<\/em>: <\/span>\n Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>. September 1 \u2014 October 30, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture\/New York Public Library, NY. <\/span>Invoking the Spirit: Worship Traditions in the African World<\/em>\n . October 2, 1994 \u2014January 16, 1995.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD. <\/span>A Legacy of Faith: Ethiopian Orthodoxy in America. <\/em>October 13, 1993 \u2014January 6, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. <\/span>From the Permanent Collection,” <\/em>a group show. September 1993 \u2014March 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. <\/span>Portraits of Romare Bearden: Memory and Metaphor<\/em>. April 14 \u2014 August 11, 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., <\/span>The Official Cabinet Portraits of the Carter Administration, <\/em>\n a group show. September 25 \u2014 November 30, 1980.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. <\/span>Black Woman\/Drums of Life<\/em>. March 10 \u2014 14, 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, La Fonte Circle, Washington, D.C. <\/span>Black Woman\/Drums of Life. <\/em>\n February 6 \u2014 21, 1978.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Berlin, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>January 04 \u2014 January 28, 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>December 01, 1976 \u2014March, 1977<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Cologne, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>November 3 \u2014 November 30, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Georgetown, Guyana. :<\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life.” <\/em>November 1 \u2014 30, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Tuebingen, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>October 4 \u2014 October 28, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>September 06 \u2014September 27, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>September 01 \u2014 October 16, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>August 15 \u2014 October 01, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Bogota, Columbia. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>August 01 \u2014 October 01, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>June 20 \u2014 July 20, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Hannover, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>June 08 \u2014 July 05, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Montevideo, Uraguay. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>June 01 \u2014 July 15, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Bridgetown, Barbados. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>June 15 \u2014 July 15, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Quito, Ecuador. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>May 15 \u2014 June 15, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>May 03 \u2014 May 21, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Vienna, Austria. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>April \u2014 May, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Lima,Peru. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>April 01 \u2014 May 01, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Guatemale, Guatemala. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>May 01 \u2014 June 01, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Santiago, Chile. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>April 01 \u2014 May 01, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>April 19 \u2014 April 30, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Port of Spain, Trinidad. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>April 15 \u2014 July 15, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Munich, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 25 \u2014 March 12, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery,, Naples, Italy. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 20 \u2014 March 12, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Managua, Nicargua. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 01 \u2014 March 01, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Port Au Prince, Haiti. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 01 \u2014 March 01, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life<\/em>. January 15 \u2014February 15, 1976<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Rome, Italy. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>January 01 \u2014 February 12, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Bonn, Germany. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>January, 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>November 1 \u2014 December 16, 1975<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Athens, Greece. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>September \u2014 October, 1975<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Vermont. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>September 1 \u2014 September 19, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maison de la Negritude, Champagney, France. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>August 14 \u2014 September 1, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Paris, France. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>August 1975<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>March 27 \u2014 April 30, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Mogadishu, Somalia. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life.” <\/em>March 19 \u2014 April 30, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>March 11 \u2014 March 15, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Yaounde, Cameroon. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.:Drums of Life.” <\/em>March 3 \u2014 March 31, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Tananarive, Madagascar. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>March 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Conakry, Guinea. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>March 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Lome, Togo. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr<\/em>.: <\/span>\n Drums of Life<\/em>. March 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Freetown, Sierra Leone. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life<\/em>. March 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Ghana Gallery, Accra, Ghana. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 24 \u2014 March 31, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Embassy Gallery, Dakar, Senegal. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 17 \u2014 February 28, 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nigerian Museum, Lagos, Nigeria. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr.: Drums of Life. <\/em>February 10 \u2014 February 21, 1975<\/span><\/p>\n

National Urban League\/United Negro College Fund Gallery. <\/span>Chester Higgins Jr<\/em>. November 1 \u2014 December 31, 1974<\/span><\/p>\n

Acts of Art Gallery, New York City. <\/span>Drums of Life. <\/em>May 31 \u2014 June 22, 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selected Reviews and Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reyes, Damaso, \u2018The Spirit is in Charge:\u2019 Chester Higgins visualizes the Black Pantheon. <\/span>The New York Amsterdam News<\/em>\n , November 9, 2023<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Olatoun Gabi-Williams, Borders Literature for all Nations, 20 June 2023<\/span>, <\/strong>https:\/\/bordersliteratureonline.net\/books\/Sacred_Nile<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Profile, ZEKE Magazine, Spring 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Shuster, Angela, \u2018Rituals of the River\u2019 <\/span>The Explorer\u2019s Journal<\/em>, Fall 2022
Debbie Officer, \u201cA Revival of the Spirit: Chester Higgins\u2019 Sacred Nile. <\/span>\n African Voices, <\/em>Summer\/Fall 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Miss Rosen, Following the Call: Celebrating the Spirit of Black Egypt. <\/span>BLIND-magazine<\/em>.com, June 7, 2022<\/span>\n https:\/\/www.blind- magazine.com\/news\/following-the-call-celebrating-the-spirit-of-black- egypt\/<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Jon Kalish, <\/span>Chester Higgins\u2019 camera brings a 360 degree view of Black life<\/em>. <\/span>\n NPR <\/em>March 31, 2022. <\/span>https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/31\/1089294489\/chester-higgins-camera- brings-a-360-degree-view-to-black-life<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan Coley, Chester Higgins\u2019s Life in Pictures, <\/span>The New Yorker<\/em>, August 27,2021, <\/span>\n https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/photo- booth\/chester-higginss-life-in-pictures<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Diana McClure, Chester Higgins: The Sacred Nile Project, <\/span>Photo Review Newsletter<\/em>. January\/February 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Betsy Kissam, River Spirit, <\/span>The Nile Magazine<\/em>, June-July 2019.<\/span>\n https:\/\/www.nilemagazine.com.au\/<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

David Schonauer, Chester Higgins Captures the Spirit of the Nile River, <\/span>American Photography\u2019s Pro Photography Daily<\/em>\n . Tuesday, July, 9, 2019. <\/span>https:\/\/www.ai-ap.com\/publications\/article\/25215\/in-focus- chester-higgins-captures-the-spirit-of-t.html<\/em><\/p>\n

Page Goodpasture, <\/span>LookSee <\/em>Podcast, arts & culture. Chester Higgins interview. April 2018. <\/span>\n https:\/\/bit.ly\/2jSgz1a<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, <\/em>Artist Talk: Chester Higgins. Feb 16, 2018. <\/span>https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rDA7L2<\/em><\/p>\n

David Schonauer, <\/span>American Illustrator-American Photographer<\/em>, Photographer Profile \u2014 Chester Higgins Jr.: \u201cI believe the spirit of things exists in everything. 12 April 2016. <\/span>\n bit.ly\/1VRnFQs<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Randall Pinkston, <\/span>Al Jazeera America <\/em>TV News, June 3, 2015.<\/span>\n http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/watch\/shows\/live-news\/2015\/6\/one- photographers-visual-love-song-to-ethiopia.html<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

William Myers, <\/span>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, On Photography, Chester Higgins African Scenes. May 30, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Fayemi Shakur, <\/span>New York Times <\/em>Lens Blog: Chester Higgins\u2019 Homage to Ethiopia, May 19, 2015. <\/span>\n http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-tale- of-two-proms-plus-scenes-from-ethiopia-1432938502<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

The Staff, <\/span>\u201cChester Higgins: Apparitions Portfolio.<\/em>\u201d The Eye of Photography<\/em>,\n February 24, 2015. Paris. <\/span>\n <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.loeildelaphotographie.com\/fr\/2015\/02\/24\/portfolio\/27304\/c hester-higgins-apparitions<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles Henry Rowell, \u2018The Signature of the Spirit: An interview. <\/span>Callaloo Journal<\/em>, John Hopkins University Press. Volume 35, Number 1. Pages 135-155. 2012<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Ayers, \u201cStars of Ethiopia.\u201d NYU Kimmel Center. <\/span>ARTnews, <\/em>June 2011, New York Reviews, page 107<\/span><\/p>\n

Ulrich Baer, <\/span>Photography and the World<\/em>, Chester Higgins: Stars of Ethiopia, April 1, 2011.<\/span>\n https:\/\/ulrichbaer.wordpress.com\/?s=Chester+Higgins&submit=Search<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

Meyers, William, \u201cSweetness And Light: Reveling In Simplicity.\u201d The <\/span>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, March 26, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

Leigh Raiford, \u201cNotes Toward a Photographic Practice of Diaspora.\u201d English Language Notes 64.2, Fall\/Winter 2006<\/span><\/p>\n

Reyes, Damaso, \u201cMemoirs of a Black Times photographer,\u201d <\/span>The New York Amsterdam News, <\/em>December 30, 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prince, Richard, <\/span>Echo of the Spirit<\/em>,\u2019 December 13, 2004<\/span>\n www.maynardije.org\/columns\/dickprince<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gagon, Dave, \u201c<\/span>Echo of the Spirit <\/em>book show the power of images,\u201d Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah. December 12, 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gaines, Luan, \u2018The Spirit informs my daily living,\u2019 Amazon.com. Dana Point, Ca. October 19, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeanne Fox-Alston, <\/span>Commissioned by the Spirit<\/em>. <\/span>\n black issues<\/em>, November\/December 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Capturing Our Truths, <\/span>Echo of the Spirit<\/em>, Books, <\/span>\n Essence<\/em>, November 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnes, Allison, <\/span>Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer\u2019s Journey<\/em>, <\/span>\n Southern Living<\/em>, October 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

Riippa, Laurele, <\/span>Echo of the Spirit<\/em>, <\/span>Publishers Weekly<\/em>\n . October 4, 2004<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

A Photographer\u2019s Journey, <\/span>Publishers Weekly<\/em>, NYC. August 2, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas-Lynn, Felecia, <\/span>\u201cPicture this: People aging with grace,<\/em>\u201d <\/span>\n Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em>, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. May 19, 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Applewhite, DeVon, \u201cChester Higgins Jr: Photographer for The New York Times\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The Dothan Eagle<\/em>, Dothan, Alabama, February 23, 2003<\/span><\/p>\n

George, Mike, \u201cFor the ages; Tubman exhibit shows beauty, subtleties of growing old.\u201d The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. August 16, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson, Clifford. Profile on Chester Higgins Jr., <\/span>Current Biography<\/em>, June 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Green, Ronald J. \u201cElder Grace: The Nobility of Aging.\u201d <\/span>dialogue<\/em>, Columbus, Ohio. September\/October 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Karafin, Amy, \u201cChester Higgins Jr.,\u201d New York Shows Review. <\/span>ARTnews<\/em>, Summer 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harkins, Deborah, \u201cFor seniors only: Old Is Beautiful,\u201d <\/span>Daily News <\/em>column, July 8, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

Trares, Ryan, \u201cAmazing \u2018Grace\u2019 Noble faces in portraits<\/span>,<\/em>\u201d <\/span>\n The Columbus Dispatch<\/em>, The Arts, June 06, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Uma Prakash, \u201c<\/span>Chester Higgins Jr., at The New-York Historical Society<\/em>,\u201d <\/span>\n Asian Art News<\/em>, March\/April 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

Rexer, Lyle, \u201cThrough The Camera, A Closer Look at Age<\/span>,\u201d The New York Times <\/em>Sunday Arts & Leisure, February 25, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti, \u201cThe Fountain of Age<\/span>\u201d, The New York Times Sunday Book Review<\/em>, February 4, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

Keller, Judith, \u201cDivine Works in Progress: The <\/span>Elder Grace <\/em>of Chester Higgins Jr.\u201d, <\/span>\n Aging Today <\/em>(American Society on Aging). January\/February 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stansbury, Bruce, \u201c<\/span>Elder Grace<\/em>\u201d. African Voices. Winter 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

Schwartz, Jesse Witkin, \u201cFaces of Experience\u201d, <\/span>Our Town <\/em>(NYC), November 30, 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Willis, Deborah, \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>\u201d June 2000. W.W. Norton<\/span><\/p>\n

Vicki Goldberg & Robert Silberman, \u201c<\/span>American Photography<\/em>: A Century of Images\u201d, 1999. Chronicle Books<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones, Malcolm, \u201cBlack on Black<\/span>,\u201d Newsweek<\/em>, Arts & Entertainment, page 70, April 24, 2000<\/span><\/p>\n

Larson, Kay, \u201cLandscapes of the Soul,\u201d <\/span>The New York Times<\/em>\/Weekend, Fine Arts, March 5, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Lewter, Lani Russell, \u201cNYTimes photographer exhibits images of womanhood,\u201d <\/span>The Amsterdam News <\/em>(NYC) February 18-24, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Hicks, Robert, \u201cChester Higgins let the spirit tell the painful story, on film,\u201d <\/span>The Villager <\/em>(NYC) February 10, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Zera, Francis, \u201cGiving a face to African ancestral culture,\u201d The <\/span>Georgia Guardian <\/em>(Savannah), February 5- February 11, 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n

Downs, Gene, \u201cFrom behind the lens, Applause for Humanity,\u201d <\/span>Savannah Morning News <\/em>(GA) Sunday, February 7, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Jahannes, Ja, \u201c<\/span>Feeling the Spirit<\/em>: An invitation to Oneness,\u201d <\/span>\n Creative Loafing<\/em>, Savannah, GA News, Arts & Entertainment Weekly. Vol. 5, No 43, January 13 \u2014January 19, 1999<\/span><\/p>\n

Chenoweth, Doral, “From Africa outward: Photographer passionately documents scattering of a people,” <\/span>The Columbus Dispatch <\/em>\n (Ohio), September 15, 1998<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Jackson, David Earl, “Works by photographer Chester Higgins Jr. reflect 26-year search for ‘his people’ across the globe,” <\/span>Tri-State Defender, <\/em>\n Memphis, TN, May 16 \u201420, 1998<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Pincus, Robert L., “Higgins Discovers The Soul of A Race Through His Lens”, <\/span>The San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em>, February 19, 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

Charry, Rebecca, “Spiritual connections,” <\/span>Birmingham Post- Herald, <\/em>Art Review, October 10, 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

Iverem, Esther, “The Photographer’s Palpable Images Of the Unseen Spirit,” <\/span>The Washington Post, <\/em>Style, February 19, 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

Coleman, A.D., “Celebrating Survival, The Photography of Chester Higgins,” <\/span>ARTnews<\/em>, February 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolz, Diane, “Picturing the face of the African Diaspora,” <\/span>Smithsonian<\/em>, February 1997<\/span><\/p>\n

McDonald, Kristy, “Photographer shares African spirit,” <\/span>The Detroit News, <\/em>The Arts, November 14, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyles, Charlise, “Invoking the Spirit,” <\/span>Dayton Daily News <\/em>Lifestyle (OH), October 26, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seidel, Mitchell, “Show focuses on Worldwide African Culture,” The Sunday Star-Ledger (NJ), September 15, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winston, Diane, “Sermons in black and white,” <\/span>Asbury Park Press <\/em>(NJ), August 17, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

Wildman, David, “Photos aim to humanize Africa’s history,” <\/span>The Boston Sunday Globe<\/em>, July 28, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

Editors, “Photojournalist documents the cultural identities of Africans worldwide” <\/span>Middlesex News <\/em>(MA), July 25, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen, Casey, “Chester Higgins Jr., Part III: Adapting to His Surroundings,” <\/span>Studio Photography<\/em>, July 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

McQuaid, Cate, “Weaving Africa’s humanity into art,” <\/span>The Boston Globe, <\/em>June 27, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen, Casey, “Chester Higgins Jr., Part II: Applying His Craft Worldwide,” <\/span>Studio Photography, <\/em>June 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

“A Celebration of One Hundred Years in Pictures, 1896 \u2014 1996” <\/span>The New York Times Magazine, <\/em>June 09, 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

Allen, Casey, “Chester Higgins Jr. Part I: Relaying His Visual Message,” <\/span>Studio Photography, <\/em>May 1996<\/span><\/p>\n

The Editors, “Chester Higgins Jr.,” <\/span>American Way<\/em>, December 01, 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

Altabe, Joan, “Self-images in black (and white)”. <\/span>Sarasota Herald- Tribune, <\/em>October 22, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hultman, Tamela, “<\/span>Feeling the Spirit<\/em>,” <\/span>DoubleTake<\/em>\n , Fall 1995<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Hartshorn, Willis, “Director’s Interview,” International Center of Photography <\/span>Fall Program Guide<\/em>, Fall 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

Kendricks, Neil, “Driven By The ‘Spirit’,” <\/span>The San Diego Union<\/em>– <\/span>\n Tribune, <\/em>February 9, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheinin, Richard, “African Spirit,” <\/span>San Jose Mercury News, <\/em>February 26, 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

Hughes, Holly Stuart, “Chester Higgins’ <\/span>Feeling The Spirit<\/em>,” <\/span>\n Photo District News<\/em>, February 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles, Nick, “Portrait of A People” <\/span>Daily News<\/em>, September 05, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Colford, Paul D., “The Black Experience” <\/span>New York Newsday<\/em>, September 22, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Donahue, Deirdre, “Photography,” <\/span>USA TODAY<\/em>, November 30, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Cahan, Richard, “Images for the Season,” <\/span>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>, November 27, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris, Eddy L., “Things to be Respected,” <\/span>The New York Times Book Review, <\/em>November 20, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carrillo, Karen, “A Global Beat,” <\/span>Quarterly Black Review of Books, <\/em>November\/December 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Woods, Paula L., “bookin,” <\/span>YSB<\/em>, December\/January 1995 Holt, Patricia, “Gift-wrapped Spirits and Places,” <\/span>\n San Francisco Chronicle, <\/em>December 04, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Johnson, Adrienne M., “Inner Visions,” <\/span>Los Angeles Times<\/em>. December 4, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eder, Richard, “From Image to Icon” <\/span>Los Angeles Times Book Review<\/em>, December 11, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eder, Richard, “Casting Light Upon Their Souls,” <\/span>New York Newsday<\/em>. December 11, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester Higgins Jr., “<\/span>Feeling the Spirit<\/em>: Worshippers in New York Tap Ancestral Roots. An eight-page photo-essay. <\/span>\n The New York Times Magazine<\/em>, April 19, 1992<\/span><\/p>\n

Willis, Deborah, <\/span>An Illustrated Bio-Biography of Black Photographers 1940 \u20131988<\/em>; pages 73\u201374; 312\u2013315. Garland Publishing, 1989, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Encyclopedia of Photography<\/em>, International Center of Photography, page 583. Crown Publishers, A Pound Press Book, 1984, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rosenblum, Naomi, <\/span>A World History of Photography<\/em>, “The Straight Image,” page 532. Abbeville Press, 1984, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trescott, Jacqueline, “Images from the Black Archives.” <\/span>The Washington Post, <\/em>December 16, 1980.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Prevailing Images,” <\/span>Esquire Magazine<\/em>. January 1980. Rupp, Carla Marie, “People-watching Pastime Pays Off for<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographer.” <\/span>Editor and Publisher<\/em>, April 22, 1978.
Edwards, Les, “An American Photographer: Chester Higgins Jr.” (a<\/span><\/p>\n

half hour film aired over PBS-TV). University of Minnesota, 1977. Trescott, Jacqueline, “Focusing Past the Stereotypes.” <\/span>The<\/em><\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/em>, August 8, 1974.
Sheppard, Nathaniel Jr., “Love Marks Higgins Photos of Blacks.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Times, <\/em>June 14, 1974.
Emerson, Frank, “His Photo Subjects Are Black But the Message Is<\/span><\/p>\n

Universal.” <\/span>The New York Post<\/em>, June 20, 1974.
Coleman, A. D., “Warm and Gentle, but Incomplete.” <\/span>\n The New<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

York Times<\/em>, June 16, 1974
“Photography: Chester Higgins Jr.” <\/span>New York Age<\/em>\n , June 15, 1974. Fraser, Gerald C., “Going Out Guide.” <\/span>The New York Times<\/em>, June<\/span><\/p>\n

3, 1974.
Langer, Don, “Camera Talk.” <\/span>The New York Post<\/em>, May 30, 1974. Coleman, A. D., “Black Woman.” <\/span>\n The New York Times<\/em>, January<\/span><\/p>\n

17, 1971.<\/span><\/p>\n

McDougall, Harold and Higgins, Chester Jr., “Men on Women,” <\/span>Essence Magazine<\/em>, January 1971.<\/span><\/p>\n

Television reviews and interviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony Guida: My New York, <\/span>CUNY-TV<\/em>, June 2022, https:\/\/sacrednile.com\/video\/<\/span><\/p>\n

NY1.com. \u201cFormer Times Photographer Still Enjoy Capturing Change.\u201d March 08, 2015. New York City <\/span>http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/brooklyn\/news\/2015\/03\/9\/former-times- photographer-still-enjoys-capturing-change.html<\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube. CUNY-TV, <\/span>African American Legends<\/em>, <\/span>\n \u201cThe Photographic Journey of Chester Higgins.<\/em>\u201d April 1, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube.com. Chester Higgins, <\/span>An Ongoing Journey<\/em>. May 25, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

NY1 TV, <\/span>CloseUp <\/em>with Sam Roberts, \u201c<\/span>My Soul Flies Home to Africa.<\/em>\n \u201d May 20, 2012<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

YouTube.com. CUNY TV, <\/span>Brian Lehrer Show<\/em>, \u201c<\/span>My Soul Flies Home to Africa.<\/em>\n \u201d May 9, 2012. NYC<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

YouTube.com<\/em>, <\/span>The Vision Project<\/em>: <\/span>\n \u201cChester Higgins\u2019s Second Memory.\u201d <\/em>May 908, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube.com. Tadias.com<\/em>. Chester Higgins exhibits \u201c<\/span>Stars of Ethiopia<\/em>\n .\u201d March 28, 2011.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

YouTube.com<\/em>. \u201cChester Higgins: \u201c<\/span>Making A Mark On Life.<\/em>\u201d February 22, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

GBT\/Ghana Broadcasting Television<\/em>, Morning show, September 27, 2005<\/span><\/p>\n

CUNY-TV, <\/span>African Americans Legends<\/em>. January 2005<\/span><\/p>\n

NY1 \u2013 <\/span>CloseUp <\/em>show with Sam Roberts. Thursday, October 21, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

WNYC-PBS, <\/span>Tavis Smiley Show <\/em>interview, Tuesday, October 19, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

XM Satellite Radio Channel 169. <\/span>Power Talk with Bernie McCain <\/em>WNET-NY, \u201c<\/span>\n Brotherman,<\/em>\u201d 21 November 2002
PBS-TV, \u201c<\/span>Brotherman<\/em>,\u201dJune 2002
WNBC-TV, <\/span>\n Evening News segment on Aging Issues<\/em>. May 06, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

A&E Cable, <\/span>Open Book, <\/em>Sunday, June 10, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

NBC-TV, <\/span>The Today Show<\/em>, Williard Scott\u2018s segment, February 20, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

NY1-<\/span>CloseUp<\/em>, The New York Times Show, January 2, 2001 NBC-TV, News 4, <\/span>\n Today New York<\/em>, Sunday, December 25, 2000 PBS-TV, <\/span>American Century of Photography<\/em>, October 13, 1999 FOX5 TV, <\/span>\n Today in New York<\/em>, March 7, 1999
FOX5-TV, \u201c<\/span>Today in New York\u201d <\/em>February 26, 1999
WNBC-TV, \u201c<\/span>\n Positively Black<\/em>\u201d January 14, 1999
WABC-TV, \u201c<\/span>Eyewitness News<\/em>,\u201d February 2, 1999
NY1 Cable, \u201c<\/span>\n CloseUp<\/em>, The New York Times Show \u201d January 21, 1999
WABC-TV, “<\/span>News Views with Roz Abrams<\/em>,” January 27, 1996 NY1 Cable, “<\/span>\n New York Times CloseUp,<\/em>” December 13, 1995 PBS-National, “<\/span>The News Hour<\/em>,” December 01, 1995 WNYC\/PBS-TV, “<\/span>\n African American Legends<\/em>,” NYC local, Sept 95 WABC-TV, “<\/span>Like It Is,<\/em>” New York local, July 1995
WHUR-TV, “<\/span>\n Freedom Forum<\/em>, Author Series,” February 15, 1995 WCBS-TV, “<\/span>CBS Sunday Morning News<\/em>,” January 01, 1995 WCBS-TV, “<\/span>\n Good Morning<\/em>,” December 22, 1994
NY1 Cable, “<\/span>New York Times CloseUp,<\/em>” October 26, 1994<\/span><\/p>\n

Fellowships and Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Center of Photography The Ford Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts The Rockefeller Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ford Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation\/ICP Open Society Institute<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Permanent Collections of <\/strong>(selected listing)<\/span><\/p>\n

National Portrait Gallery
National Museum of African American History & Culture Birmingham Museum of Art
Virginia Museum of Art<\/span><\/p>\n

The Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond Harvard Art Museums<\/span><\/p>\n

Birmingham Fine Arts Museum
Vista Equity Partners, Austin, Texas
International Center of Photography, New York Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The New York Public Library\/The Schomburg Center The New York Times Company
Tuskegee University, Alabama
The Phelps-Stokes Fund
The Jewish Museum, New York
Oprah Winfrey
The Buhl Fund
The Roosevelt Hospital, New York
Queens College, New York
Toni Fay
Hale House, New York
Yvonne Preshay
Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, Alabama
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History Liati Financial Group
Eleanor Merritt Darlington
Huntsville Museum of Art
Marcella Maxwell
Pamela Thomas-Graham
B. Smith
Jeanette Lerman
Marriot Hotel, Brooklyn
Dale & Johnnie Cochran
Dormitory Authority of New York State
New-York Historical Society
Dan Baker
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Robert Russo
David McFadden<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonny Reiss
Haskell Ward
Paul Coates
Sony Music Entertainment Michael Malafronte<\/span><\/p>\n

Santa Clara University Carolyn & Andrew Wright<\/span><\/p>\n

Group Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

IIHA Refugee Gallery, Fordham University. \u2018The Intimacy of Prayer\u2019 18 September \u2014 26 November, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Center for Black Visual Culture, New York University, \u2018Rest Is Power\u2019. 07 September \u2014 22 October 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Historical Society, DUMBO Space, Brooklyn, New York. \u201c<\/span>Shifting Perspectives: Photographs of Brooklyn\u2019s Waterfront<\/em>\n .\u201d Curated by Marilyn Symmes. 27 April \u2014 10 September 2017.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Caribbean Cultural Center & African Diaspora Institute, Harlem, New York. \u201c<\/span>Home, Memory and Future<\/em>.\u201d Curated by Lowery Stokes Sims. 12 October 2016 \u2014 15 April 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN. \u2018<\/span>Ashe to Amen\u2019<\/em>. Curated by Leslie King-Hammond. October 20, 2013 \u2014 January 5, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD. \u2018<\/span>Ashe to Amen<\/em>. Curated by Leslie King-Hammond. June 22 \u2014 September 29, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Biblical Arts, New York. \u2018<\/span>Ashe to Amen<\/em>. Curated by Leslie King-Hammond. February 15 \u2014 May 26, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teutloff Museum\/Alatadter Nikolaikirche Bielefeld, Neidernstrabe, Germany. \u2018The <\/span>Face of Freedom\u2019<\/em>. Curated by Siegfried Zielenski. March 20 \u2014 25, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY, <\/span>‘Art & Soul: Vintage Photographs by Four African-American Photographers’<\/em>\n , February 8 \u2014 March 23, 2013<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Gallatin Galleries NYU, \u201c<\/span>CPT: Time, History and Memory<\/em>,\u201d New York University. Curated by Salome Asega.February 6 \u2014 February 24, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Tx. \u201d<\/span>The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography<\/em>\u201d Curated by Cynthia Goodman. October 22 \u2014 January 1, 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fl. \u201d<\/span>The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography<\/em>\u201d Curated by Cynthia Goodman. June 5 \u2014 September 25, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Oh. \u201d<\/span>The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography<\/em>\u201d Curated by Cynthia Goodman. July 9 \u2014 September 19, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La. \u2018<\/span>The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography<\/em>\u201d Curated by Cynthia Goodman. May 16 \u2014 October 11, 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. \u201c<\/span>Lost Kingdoms: Ancient Sudan<\/em>\u201d, and Shatten Gallery, \u201cNubian Dreams, June 20 \u2014 August 15, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Fine Arts, Seoul, South Korea. Photo Triennale, \u201c<\/span>Trans, Transit, Transfer<\/em>.\u201d November 9 \u2014 December 18, 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA. \u201c<\/span>Girl from Tamale, Ghana<\/em>.\u201d December 02, 2005 until. Permanent atrium centerpiece photographic installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian, Anacostia, MD. \u201c<\/span>Reclaiming Midwives: Pillars of Community Support<\/em>.\u201d November 13th \u2014 April 2, 2006. Centerpiece photographic installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. “<\/span>West African Gold: Akan Regalia from the Glassell Collection.” <\/em>November 2, 2005 \u2014 March 26, 2006. Centerpiece photographic installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forty Acres and a Mule Gallery, Sacramento, Ca. \u201c<\/span>Saturday Night\/Sunday Morning<\/em>,\u201d curated by Deborah Willis. January 31\u2014 March 25, 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

City Gallery East, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, Ga. \u201c<\/span>Saturday Night\/Sunday Morning<\/em>,\u201d curated by Deborah Willis. October 14 \u2014 November 11, 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

The African American Museum in Philadelphia, \u201cSaturday Night! Sunday Morning,\u201d curated by Deborah Willis. April 10<\/span>th <\/span>\n \u2014 September 17, 2005.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC. \u201c<\/span>Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art, Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norell<\/em>\n . October 23, 2004 \u2014 January 31, 2005.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA. . \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. February \u2014 July 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine. <\/span>\u201cExhibiting Signs of Age,\u201d <\/em>February 12 \u2014 March 28, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL. <\/span>\u201cIn the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr<\/em>\n .,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. January 3 \u2014 March 28, 2004<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archie, Berkeley, California. \u201c<\/span>Exhibiting Signs of Age\u201d<\/em>. October 8, 2003 \u2014 January 18, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN. <\/span>\u201cIn the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr<\/em>\n .,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. August 30 \u2014 November 30, 2003<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York<\/span>. \u201cIn the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/em>\n ,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. May 3 \u2014 July 27, 2003<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. . \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. January 13, 2003 \u2014 April 20, 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN. \u201c<\/span>In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr<\/em>\n .,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. January 4 \u2014 March 30, 2003.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

International Center of Photography, New York City. <\/span>\u201c<\/strong>ONLY SKIN DEEP: Changing Visions of the American Self\u201d<\/em>\n . Curated by Brian Wallis and Coco Fusco. December 13, 2002.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL . \u201c<\/span>In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,<\/em>\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. September 7 \u2014 December 1, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunstville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama. \u201cViews of the Collection: Our Alabama Heritage.\u201d August 18 \u2014 November 10, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

DuSable Museum, Chicago, IL. . \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. May 11, 2002 \u2014 June 23, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan<\/span>. \u201cIn the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr<\/em>\n .,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. May 11 \u2014 August 4, 2002<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan<\/span>. \u201cIn the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr<\/em>\n .,\u2019 a group show curated by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. January 12 \u2014 April 7, 2002.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. January 12, 2002 through March 11, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, NY. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. October 4 \u2014 December 16, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. July 1, 2001 \u2014 September 2, 2001<\/span><\/p>\n

American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. November 15, 2000 \u2014 February 28, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jewish Museum, New York City. \u201c<\/span>Portraits on Paper: A Sampling from the Collection<\/em>,\u201d December 2001 \u2014 February 10, 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

America\u2019s Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, WI. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>: <\/span>\n A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. August 26 \u2014 October 12, 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. \u201c<\/span>Reflections in Black<\/em>\n : <\/span>A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present<\/em>,\u201d a group show curated by Deborah Willis Kennedy. February 3 \u2014 July 30, 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City. <\/span>\u201cPoints of Entry: A Nation of Strangers<\/em>,\u201d Curated by Arthur Ollman. May 1998 \u2014 August 1998<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Tolerance, Simon Wiensenthal Center, Los Angeles, Ca. <\/span>\u201cPoints of Entry: A Nation of Strangers,\u201d <\/em>\n Curated by Arthur Ollman. March 1, 1998 \u2014 May 8, 1998.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Center for Fine Arts, Miami, Fl. \u201c<\/span>Points of Entry: A Nation of Strangers<\/em>,\u201d Curated by Arthur Ollman. September \u2014 November 30, 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jewish Museum, New York City. \u201c<\/span>Points of Entry: A Nation of Strangers<\/em>,\u201d Curated by Arthur Ollman. May \u2014 July 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. <\/span>Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present<\/em>. June 15 \u2014 September 14, 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC., <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People,\u201d <\/em>September 9 \u2014 October 22, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ., <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d March 4 \u2014April 16, 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d December 31, 1994 \u2014 February 12, 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d September 30 \u2014 November 27, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d August 27 \u2014 November 20, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

African American Museum of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>August 27 \u2014 October 9, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Savannah, GA. <\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>June 25 \u2014 August 7, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strong Museum, Rochester, NY. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>Rochester, NY. June 18 \u2014 August 28, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d June 4 \u2014 July 17, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People,<\/em>\u201d April 23 \u2014 June 5, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. MO. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d March 19 \u2014 May 1, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d March 19 \u2014 May 1, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d January 12 \u2014 February 20, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Museum, Indianapolis, IN. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d January 8 \u2014 February 20, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People<\/em>,\u201d December 18, 1993 \u2014 March 6, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d December 18, 1993 \u2014 April 3, 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d October 30 \u2014 December 12, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee,
WI. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>September 18 \u2014 November 28, 1993.
Norton Gallery & School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. \u201c<\/span>\n Songs of<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

My People,\u201d <\/em>September 4 \u2014 November 28, 1993.
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>\n ,\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

August 21 \u2014 October 3, 1993.
Montreux Convention & Exhibition Center, Montreux,<\/span><\/p>\n

Switzerland. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d July 2 \u2014 July 17, 1993.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. \u201c<\/span>\n Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d June<\/span><\/p>\n

19 \u2014 August 29, 1993.
African-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Fresno, CA.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d June 12 \u2014 August 8, 1993. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. \u201cSongs of My<\/span><\/p>\n

People,\u201d June 12 \u2014 August 7, 1993.
Canal Isabel II, Communidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. <\/span>\u201cSongs<\/em><\/p>\n

of My People,<\/em>\u201d May 17 \u2014 June 30, 1993.
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR. \u201cSongs of My People,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

April 1 \u2014 May 16, 1993.
Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My<\/em><\/p>\n

People<\/em>,\u201d March 20 \u2014 May 30, 1993.
Idea Books Gallery, Milan, Italy. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>\n ,\u201d March 11<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

\u2014 April 25, 1993.
Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Penn State Univ., University Park,<\/span><\/p>\n

PA. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d February 6 \u2014 March 21, 1993.
Le Scuderie di Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy. <\/span>\n \u201cSongs of My<\/em>\n <\/p>\n

People<\/em>,\u201d February 2 \u2014 March 5, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d February 1 \u2014 February 28, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d January 30 \u2014 March 7, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

The King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d November 24 \u2014 December 27, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum of the City of New Yor, New York, NY. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d September 19 1992 \u2014 January 3, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People<\/em>,\u201d June 27 \u2014 August 9, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>May 30 \u2014 August 23, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, PA. <\/span>\u201cSongs of My People,\u201d <\/em>April 18 \u2014 May 31, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. \u201c<\/span>Songs of My People,\u201d <\/em>February 15 \u2014 May 3, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

AWARDS <\/strong>(selected listing)<\/span><\/p>\n

International Photography Hall of Fame, 2022
Lifetime Achievement Award, The Silurian Society, 2021 American Society of Media Photographers
Global Citizenship Award, International Youth Leadership Institute. May 08, 2013.
The Gordon Parks Legend Award
Nubian Women\u2019s Art Circle Award<\/span><\/p>\n

Presenter & Lecturer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnson C. Smith University Lyceum Engagement Series, Charlotte, NC. 21 February 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuskegee University, Zoom Talk: Photography as Resistance, February 24, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, <\/em>Artist Talk: Chester Higgins. Feb 16, 2018. <\/span>https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rDA7L2<\/em><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Historical Society, Images of my Diaspora. March 3, 2016. <\/span>https:\/\/bit.ly\/2KlXqAa<\/em><\/p>\n

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SoHo Photo Gallery, \u201cContemporary Photographers\u201d lecture series, February 11, 2016, 15 White Street, NYC.<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Public Library, Midtown Branch, New York City. “<\/span>Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile<\/em>.” June 26, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Research Center in Egypt, New York City. “<\/span>Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile<\/em>.\u201d June 7, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Survey of published works and student workshops. May 1-3, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. “<\/span>Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile.<\/em>” April 23, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Photo Salon, Brooklyn, New York. “<\/span>Dancing With My Spirit.<\/em>” April 21, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Southeast Queens Camera Club, St. Albans, Queens. “<\/span>Dancing With My Spirit<\/em>.” April 16, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. “<\/span>Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile.<\/em>” James Madison Council Members Room, April 10, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. \u201c<\/span>Christianity First Centuries in Africa.\u201d Reflections on Christianity: Ethiopia\u2019s Living Tradition.<\/em>\n \u201d Sunday, October 2, 2005. Slide talk at 3PM in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

New York University and NYU in Ghana at Ashesi. Accra, Ghana. \u201c<\/span>Framing the Triangle, Rethinking the experience of the African Diaspora<\/em>\n .\u201d Slide talk, Tuesday, September 27, 2005.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

New York University\/Harvard University. \u201c<\/span>Beauty and Fashion: The Black Portrait Symposium.<\/em>\u201d April 2 \u20143, 2011. Self-representation in Africa and the African Diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n

Presentations: Abbreviated<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birmingham Museum of Art
Virginia Museum of Art
The New-York Historical Society
The International Center of Photography The Museum of African Art
New York University Medical Center Cornell University Hospital
Bates College
Dartmouth College<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Public Library Tuskegee University Alabama State University Auburn University<\/span><\/p>\n

External Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sacrednile.com, ChesterHiggins.com, @ChesterHiggins12<\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Guida: My New York, <\/span>CUNY-TV<\/em>, June 2022, <\/span>\n https:\/\/sacrednile.com\/video\/<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

NPR: Leonard Lopate radio interview on <\/span>Ancient Nubia<\/em>.<\/span>\n http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/lopate\/2013\/feb\/15\/ancient-nubia-african- kingdom-nile\/<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera: Chester Higgins on Zema (A love story).<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/vimeo.com\/132048735<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooklyn Historical Society Forum: Chester Higgins on the African Diaspora. <\/span>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/158435926<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Life & Work\u2019 video Podcast by The Vision Project:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.visionproject.org\/podcasts\/index.htm<\/span><\/p>\n

WWW.CHESTERHIGGINS.COM <\/strong>WWW.SACREDNILE.COM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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