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born 1946 United States
Chester Higgins Jr. (born November 1946) is an American photographer who was a staff photographer with the New York Times for more than four decades, and whose work has notably featured the life and culture of people of African descent.
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The Spirit brought this man into my life, the door opens and here he is.
There's this Black man who's standing in a very calm, still position.
Viewed his job as a calling and the taking of photographs as a sacrament.
My overall assignment was to create a visual encyclopedia of the life and times of people of African descent.
I wanted to have my images on the world stage.
They found a sense of agency in themselves that they hadn't seen before, that reaffirmed their sense of worthiness.
I just lumbered along, following The Spirit, following my interests. And that's what I still do.
We weren't seen as American citizens petitioning our government.
His eyes are closed and gradually his eyes open, he raises up his hands. As he's walking towards me and extending his hand and says, 'I come for you.
He calls me over and says, 'Here, take a look.' I went and I looked and I was amazed.
I picked up the camera out of love for my family. I did not have a long term plan with the camera. But what changed that is the civil rights movement.
This is what Rothstein trained me for.
We were seen as potential arsonists, rapists or just thugs. It taught me that a picture never lies about the photographer.
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