Photographer

Harlem street named after white photographer of famed picture gets community pushback

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Chi Modu thegrio.com

Chi Modu, iconic hip hop photographer, dead at 54

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Oprah Winfrey theGrio.com

Oprah Winfrey surprises Twitter fans with gifts, jobs offers

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Jennifer Lopez thegrio.com

Oops: Jennifer Lopez hit with $150k infringement suit for posting photo on Instagram

Jennifer Lopez has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit for posting an unauthorized photo of herself to Instagram. According
/ December 22, 2018
Preakness thegrio.com

#PhotographingWhileBlack: Woman calls police on Black photographer during Preakness Stakes for…taking pictures

Apparently, being a credentialed photographer and asking to take pictures is another reason to call the cops if said photog is Black.
/ May 22, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

‘Newborn’ photos of adopted 13-year-old go viral

A photo posted to Facebook in 2013 started going viral this week. The photo is a set of “newborn” pictures of an adopted teen.
/ November 20, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Suge Knight, Katt Williams ordered to trial in robbery case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marion “Suge” Knight and comedian Katt Williams should stand trial on charges they robbed a celebrity photographer of her camera last year, a judge ruled Tuesday.
/ October 14, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Suge Knight, Katt Williams arrested

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Suge Knight and comedian Katt Williams were arrested and charged with robbery Wednesday after a celebrity photographer reported the men stole her camera last month.
/ October 30, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Photographer Eunique Jones Gibson celebrates black history through her campaign, 'Because of Them, We Can'

theGRIO REPORT – Eunique Jones Gibson set on a mission to tell a story about black history in a more visual and compelling way – and in just a year, she has completed a powerful photo series that tells this narrative through her campaign, ‘Because of Them, We Can’…
/ February 22, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Civil rights photographer: I was looking at fear, oppression, and change

MSNBC – Bruce Davidson is a Magnum photographer and a revered master of social documentary photography…
/ August 28, 2013