Frank Stewart Untitled (from the "Second Line" series) Notecard

Best known for documenting jazz musicians, Frank Stewart creates intimate photographs of Black culture that offer a glimpse into the intense emotion brought forth by a style of music that welcomes improvisation and freedom of expression.

Here, a woman, donning an all-white ensemble and holding a large umbrella, dances to the rhythms of a small procession of horn players nearby. An artist in residence at the Studio Museum and a member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a New York-based collective of African-American photographers founded in 1963, Stewart captures meaningful moments that record the integral role jazz plays in the black community.

Frank Stewart is a 1975-76 Studio Museum in Harlem artist in residence.

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6 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.
This notecard printed on 300gsm Munken (textured) paper. 

Frank Stewart (b. 1949)
Untitled (from the "Second Line" series), 1976
Silver print
Image: 12 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.
The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist  1979.3.3