“Meet the Artist”
Adger Cowans
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Orpheum Theatre, Saugerties, NY
Please join us on November 15th at 7 PM for a special “Meet the Artist” event at the Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties, NY: Personal Vision: An Evening with Adger Cowans. Cowans, a pioneering African-American photographer and painter, will be in conversation with Brian Wallis, Executive Director of CPW and a photo historian. This “Meet the Artist” is In collaboration with Upstate Films. Note: CPW members get in free with their membership card. Please RSVP above.
Cowans will show selected works and discuss his seven-decade career and perspectives on being an artist. In 1958, Cowans worked with Gordon Parks at Life Magazine, where Parks encouraged Cowans to stick with his point of view in photography. In 1963, Adger was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a photo and art collective that sought to undermine racist depictions of Black communities. As the first African-American film set photographer in Hollywood, Cowans worked on over thirty productions, alongside directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, and Spike Lee.
Banner image © Adger Cowans