Category Archives: Harlem photographs

Harlem Barefoot Prophet: Elder Clayhorn Martin, 1929

Elder Clayhorn Martin

Elder Clayhorn Martin (1851 – 1937), he was Blue Ridge Mts. of Virginia. He was also known as Prophet Martin and the Barefoot Prophet who preached on the streets of Harlem. Continue reading

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Sponsored Love: James Brown Godfather of Soul Signed Photograph

Autographed James Brown Photo

An early signed black and white photograph of James Brown, signed the Godfather of Soul. Continue reading

Photo Of The Day: The Harlem Two Step

harlem 2 train on 125th Street

The photograph was taken on the 2 train at 125th Street at 7 pm, Tuesday, February 12th, 2013. By artist Danny Tisdale with a Samsung smartphone. Continue reading

Photo Of The Day: ‘Follow The Sign On 125th Street’

harlem 125th sttreet 2013The Follow The Sign on 125th Street, the image was taken with a Smartphone on Friday, February 1st, 2013, at 1 pm on the corner of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue. Continue reading

Fifth Avenue And 110th Street in Harlem NY 1929

Fifth Avenue. looking north from 110th Street showing a movie theater, billboards, and gas station, on October 6, 1929. Street view. (Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives)

This is the Fifth Avenue intersection street view looking north from 110th Street showing a movie theater, billboards, and gas station, on October 6, 1929.

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The AirPano Project Of Panoramic Views of Harlem

harlem stunning viewAn eye-popping panoramic photo project capturing Harlem, NY and all its apparent and hidden beauty is making waves on the Internet. Continue reading

HW Photographer Hosea Johnson Photographs Lyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant, spiritual life coach and host of OWN’s “Iyanla: Fix My Life”, has landed on the cover of Essence‘s February 2013 issue in a burgundy lip and bold jewelry shot by Harlem’s Hosea Johnson. Continue reading

HW Pick: Ancient Nubia, African Kingdoms on the Nile With Chester Higgiins

51ancient nuria by chester higgins

For most of the modern world, ancient Nubia seems an unknown and enigmatic land. Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its history or unearthed the Nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Continue reading

Photo Of The Day: Three In Harlem, December 11, 2012

3 in Harlem

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Gordon Parks Talks About His Days At The YMCA (video)

Gordon Parks, the man who caught the eye of Marva Louis, the elegant wife of the heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, Continue reading