Kamoinge Workshop

With a name derived from the Kikuyu word for “a group of people acting together,” a photography collective founded in 1963 as a shared political and artistic space for self-determination among a group of Black American photographers living and working in New York City. The group gathered weekly to exchange, review, and critique each other’s work. They produced two portfolios in 1964 and 1965, and were the driving force behind the publication of the Black Photographers Annual (1973–80). Key group members included Anthony Barboza, Adger Cowans, Roy DeCarava, Louis Draper, C. Daniel Dawson, Herman Howard, Larry Stewart, Ming Smith, and Shawn W. Walker.