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Presenter: Collette Fournier
FROM SLAVERY TO BLACK CULTURAL LIFE IN AMERICA, FOURNIER HAS STUDIED, DOCUMENTED, AND CREATED A VISUAL PASSAGE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, AND HER OWN PERSPECTIVE ON BLACK VISUAL CULTURE. AS A PHOTOGRAPHER WADING THROUGH DECADES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY, FOURNIER WITNESSES AND CREATES TIMELESS PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES INTO A PRESENTATION. ONE THAT WEAVES INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERSONALITIES, PLACES AND CHRONICLES VISUAL HISTORY. IT IS HER AMERICAN STORY AND A COMMITMENT AND CELEBRATION TO HER BELOVED COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EYES OF A BLACK WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER.
AGE GROUP: | Adult |
EVENT TYPE: | General Event |
The Finkelstein Memorial Library is a free public library founded in 1917, now serving 130,000 people in the East Ramapo Central School District of Rockland County, New York.
Our collection has something for everyone: books for children and adults, DVDs, audio books, music CDs and other materials. We offer a wide variety of programs and classes for the community. Computers with internet access, word processing, spreadsheets, and other applications are available throughout the library. Wireless internet access if free and also available.
Finkelstein Memorial Library has continued commitment to lifelong learning and educational support, Now, nearly a century later, Finkelstein Memorial library – its trustees, its staff, its friends and supporters – understand that today’s information needs cannot merely be satisfied through a collection of books alone. All manner of information formats are provided.
