Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain black empowerment itchiness and dryness

itchiness and dryness

water-based ink

using traditional wax-resist dye printed cotton

A little goes a long way and one drop really is all you need

encouraging print by artist Sakina Saidi

Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain black empowerment itchiness and drynessA collection of extraordinary 19th century portraits that radically shifts our understanding of the presence and identities of Black people in Victorian Britain. These striking studio portraits, curated and brought together following ten years of research championed by Autograph, constitute the most comprehensive collection of 19th century photography depicting the Black subject in the Victorian era, including some of the earliest known images of