Tag: Photography
Helen Levitt’s Children
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Helen-Levitts-Children.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/25/2000 Helen Levitt’s Children Transcript Four girls are walking down the sidewalk, their backs to us. It is summer, and they are dressed in shorts and sundresses. It’s a gritty, stained street. Three of the girls are black, and one is white, but they […]
Photos as Illustrations
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Photos-as-Illustrations.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/22/2000 Photos as Illustrations Transcript In 1971, in the introduction to The Black Experience in Children’s Books, Augusta Baker wrote, “The depiction of a black person is exceptionally important in books for children. An artist can portray a black child …and make him attractive […]