Thomas allen harris through a lens darkly is a book that examines how africanamericans are per trade in portrayed in photography, and it is also an autobiography, because my family is descendent of slavery. Brian lamb what is the story of you and your father . Thomas allen harris my father and mother divorced maybe when i was six or seven, and my father never took any photographs of my family my brother me, and both my brother and i are image makers, and my grandfather took thousands of photographs of a family. When i was making film, i was thinking about the way of framing and taking a picture of a family and what that says about both the person in front of the camera, the person behind the camera, and the connection between the two yeah, and a certain amount of grief because i never got to see myself and my family through my fathers lens . Brian lamb still alive . Thomas allen harris yes, my father is still alive. Brian lamb do you have a relationship with him today . Thomas allen ha
Thomas allen harris through a lens darkly is a documentary that examines how africanamericans have used the camera for social change and are portrayed in photography, and it is also an personal memoir because my family is descendent of slavery. I am in the film as well as some of my family members. Brian lamb you are the narrator. What is the story of you and your father . Thomas allen harris my father and mother divorced maybe when i was six or seven, and my father never took any photographs of my family, of my brother, me, and both my brother and i are image makers, and my grandfather took thousands of photographs of the family. When i was making this film, i was thinking about the way of framing and taking a picture of a family and what that says about both the person in front of the camera, the person behind the camera, and the connection between the two, and a certain amount of grief because i never got to see myself and my family through my fathers lens. Brian lamb still alive .
I asked him about a year or two why and he said because your grandfather was. But once my parents divorced i rarely saw him. I did have a stepdad who ended up taking lots of photographs. Not that much of the family some of the family but he was part of the African National congress. He was from south africa, political exile, who came to this country to spread the message of the antiapartheid message and he used the camera as his weapon of choice. So he was the one who basically raised me from the time i was nine years old. Lets watch the first minute or so so people can get a sense of what this is about. Harris you see yourself in the past and the future . Do you see yourself through your own eyes . When you look at a black person, who do i see . Who do you see . Do i see us now . Do i see us through a lens darkly . Brian lamb why the name . Thomas allen harris through a lens darkly comes from the bible, corinthians, it is the 13th chapter, and it is, how do we see god . We see god rig
Cspan Thomas Allen Harris through a lens darkly is what . Guest through a lens darkly is a documentary that looks at the way africanamerican photographers and communities have use the camera as a tool for social change from the beginning of photography in the 1840s through the present and it is also a personal memoir a personal memoir because i come from a family of photographers. So i am in the film as well has my family members. Cspan you are the narrator . Guest yes, i am. Cspan before we get to the opening part of the documentary what is the story of you and your father . Guest my father and mother divorced when i was maybe six or seven. My father never took any photographs of my family of me my brother. Both my brother and i are image makers. My grandfather, grandfather, my mothers father, to thousands of photographs of the family. And so, you knowbout the ways in which this idea of framing and taking a picture of a family what it says about both the person in front of the camera,
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