Benedict J. Fernandez

Benedict J. Fernandez, (born 5 April 1936-January 31, 2021) is an American journalistic and street photographer.

Biography

Fernandez was born in New York City's Hispanic East Harlem area.

After being laid off from a job at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fernandez became a professional photographer.[1] Fernandez documented the American civil rights movement in the 1960s and documented some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s private moments with his family.[1]

He established the photography department at the Parsons School of Design.[1] Following his time at Parsons, Fernandez continued his career in the 1990s as a founder and CEO of Hoboken Almanac of Photography and the Almanac Gallery in Hoboken, New Jersey, and as a senior fellow in photography at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Personal life

Fernandez married Siiri Fernandez in 1957.[1]

Selected works

Books
  • In Opposition, 1968
  • Countdown to Eternity, 1993
  • Protest, 1996
  • I am a Man, 1996

Collections
  • The Smithsonian
  • The National Portrait Gallery
  • The Corcoran Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • Houston Museum of Fine Arts
  • The Norton Simon Museum of Art
  • Schombert Center for Research in Black Culture
  • The King Center
  • University of Tokyo
  • Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris
  • The Museum of African American History and Culture
  • The Museum of the City of New York

Awards
  • 1999 Senior Fellow in Photography, The Corcoran Museum of Art
  • 1992 Senior Fulbright Research Fellow in Photography
  • 1986 Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in China
  • 1973 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
  • 1970 Guggenheim Fellow

References
  1. Rosenberg, David (May 9, 2014). "Incredible Images of 1960s Protests". Slate. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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