Albert Fennar
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| Born | April 22, 1938 New York City |
| Died | June 3, 2018 (aged 80) Long Beach, California |
| Known for | Photography |
| Website | alfennarphotography |
Albert Fennar (1938–2018) was an American photographer.
Fennar was born in New York City on April 22, 1938.[1] He was a member of the photography collective, the Kamoinge Workshop.[2] Fennar died in Long Beach on June 3, 2018.[1]
In 2020 Fennar was one of the photographers featured in the Whitney Museum exhibition Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop.[3] That exhibit traveled to the J. Paul Getty Museum[4] and the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2022.[5]
His work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [6]
Fennar's photographs are in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum,[7] and the Museum of Modern Art.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Fennar, Albert". Photography Database. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "Al Fennar". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Fateman, Johanna (12 March 2021). "The Kamoinge Workshop". The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Recinos, Eva (17 August 2022). "How an overlooked Black collective carved out pathways for a new generation of photographers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop". Cincinnati Art Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780300283501.
- ↑ "Albert Fennar (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "Albert Fennar". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
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