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Roland Charles

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Roland Charles
New Orleans, Silimin gɔli August 31, 1938
ResidenceLos Angeles
Kpibu sheeSilimin gɔli May 26, 2000
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Roland Charles (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli August biɛɣ'pihita ni yini dali yuuni 1938 ka daa kpi Silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pishi ni ayobu dali yuuni 2000) daa nyɛla African-American nuchee ni baŋda ŋun tuma jɛndi anfooninima yaabu.

Roland Charles nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Louisiana yuuni 1938. O daa labi Bobtown (ka di miri Houma, Louisiana) saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ bia.[1] O daa tumdi la Air Force pɔi ka daa labi California yuuni 1960s.[2]

Selected exhibits as curator

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  • Nudes: Classic & Conceptual, laɣingu din be Black Gallery, Los Angeles, September–October 1989. Ninvuɣ shɛba ban be din ni nyɛ Diana Edwardson, Calvin Hicks, James Jeffrey, Sandra Ramirez, Willie Middlebrook n-ti pahi Roland Charles.[3][4]
  • After Apartheid: In Search of a Black Middle Class: South Africa.[5][6]
  • Collaborations.[7][8]
  • African American Representations of Masculinity.[9][10]

Charles’ photographs were published in several books, including:

  • Charles, Roland; Igus, Toyomi (1992), Life in a Day of Black L.A: the way we see it: L.A.'s Black photographers present a new perspective on their city., University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Afro-American Studies, ISBN 9780934934398, OCLC 1001920718 Photographers featured in this book included Cedric Adams, Nathaniel Bellamy, Roland Charles, Don Cropper, Calvin Hicks, James Jeffries, Mike Jones, Rod Lyons, Willie Middlebrook, Akili Casundria Ramsess, and Karen Kennedy.
  • Willis, Deborah; Williams, Carla (2002), The Black Female Body: A Photographic History, Temple University Press, ISBN 9781566399289, OCLC 919982354 Selected photographs by Charles are included.
  • Von Blum, Paul (2004), Resistance, Dignity, and Pride: African American Artists in Los Angeles, The Regents of the University of California, ISBN 9780934934466, OCLC 760404532 Sixteen profiles and images from noted Black artists including Ernie Barnes, Lavialle Campbell, Varnette Honeywood, Samella Lewis, Willie Middlebrook, John Outterbridge, William Pajaud, Elliot Pinkney, Ramsess, Sandra Rowe, Betye Saar, Alison Saar, C. Ian White, Pat Ward Williams, Richard Wyatt, and Roland Charles. Charles’ photograph, Cecil Fergerson, the Community Curator (1994) is featured on the book’s cover.
  • Charles, Roland; McNeil, Dee Dee (2009), Haiku in my Neighborhood, M. Hanks Gallery, ISBN 9780982181010, OCLC 665178915 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer and songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs by Charles.

Roland Charles nyɛla ŋun daa kpi Silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pishi ni ayobu dali yuuni 2000.[2][11] O paɣa, deBorah Charles nyɛla ŋun nam o tumanima ŋɔ shɛŋa.[12]

  1. Charles, Roland (October 1997). "Bobtown: The legacy of Robert Celestin". The New Crisis 104 (2): 47–49.
  2. 1 2 "Roland Charles; Photographed Black Life" (en). Los Angeles Times: p. 168. May 29, 2000. https://www.newspapers.com/image/161556777/?terms=Roland%2BCharles.
  3. "Openings" (en). Los Angeles Times. September 10, 1989. https://www.newspapers.com/image/405585645.
  4. Bogle, Donald. Black arts annual 1989/90. New York : Garland. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8240-6099-2. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  5. Knaff, Devorah (November 18, 1991). "Exploring South Africa's Shades of Gray". Orange County Register.
  6. "University and Community Galleries" (en). Los Angeles Times. 3 Apr 1994. https://www.newspapers.com/image/158923272/?terms=Roland%2BCharles.
  7. Hastings, Deborah (May 1, 1995). "L.A. riots anniversary stresses the positive". Orange County Register.
  8. "Collaborate Effort". The Los Angeles Times. 16 Apr 1995.
  9. "Photography" (en). Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1995. https://www.newspapers.com/image/155291917/?terms=Roland%2BCharles.
  10. Kandel, Susan (May 25, 1995). "Another Way of Picturing Black Men (extensive review)" (en). Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/image/155280333/?terms=Roland%2BCharles%2Bsusan%2Bkandel.
  11. Pleasant, Betty (June 7, 2000). "Services Set for Roland Charles; Noted Photographer and Curator". Los Angeles Sentinel.
  12. Griffin, Cynthia E. (June 17, 2009). "Roland Charles". Our Weekly Los Angeles. http://ourweekly.com/news/2009/jun/17/roland-charles/.