"In 1973, a small band of black artists published a book that changed the history of photography in America. The Black Photographers Annual [BPA], Volume I, presented the work of nearly 50 distinguished African-American photographers, [Lou Draper among them] past and present. It was a revolutionary act. The worlds of art and photojournalism had largely ignored black photographers, despite the thousands of important images they had made ever since daguerreotypist Jules Lion opened his New Orleans studio in 1840. The first volume of the BPA and the three that followed over the next seven years showcased the work of scores of contemporary black photographers and brought the history of their predecessors to the fore." © John Edwin Mason from:
An Annual Compendium of Black Photography that Was a Revolutionary Act
Louis Draper, “Boy and H” (196) gelatin silver print; Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. Image: 8 3/8 × 12 11/16 in. Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
