Visual Legacies: Photographs by Ellie Lee Weems
Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, MilwaukeeFor more than fifty years, Ellie Lee Weems (1901-1983) trained his lens on the African American residents of Jacksonville, Florida. Weems imaged entertainers, newlyweds, and beauty queens in his photography studio. In addition, his camera accompanied him throughout his vibrant community as he documented life events as ceremonial as graduations and as quotidian as backyard […]