THELONIUS MONK, BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND SARAH VAUGHAN PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR DEBORAH WILLIS' "ReFraming: REFLECTIONS IN BLACK"

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THELONIUS MONK, BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND SARAH VAUGHAN PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR DEBORAH WILLIS' "ReFraming: REFLECTIONS IN BLACK"

MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow Deborah Willis updated her 2000 comprehensive history of Black photographers and groundbreaking pictorial collection of African American life, “Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present.” The new edition “ReFraming: REFLECTIONS IN BLACK,” includes work by Hugh Bell, among other notable black photograhers, and is published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, a wholly subsidiary of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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LEADER OF THE PACK ALBUM COVER PHOTO BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR PHYLLIS NAGY ABORTION DRAMA FEATURE

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LEADER OF THE PACK ALBUM COVER PHOTO BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR PHYLLIS NAGY ABORTION DRAMA FEATURE

This photo for the cover of The Shangri-Las debut album from 1965 is one of many commercial photos by Hugh Bell, whose photographs appeared on many album covers throughout the period. They primarily featured jazz artists, including Sarah Vaughn, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderly, Houston Person, Bill Hardman, Larry Coryell, and the Nat Dixon Quartet. Director Nagy included this cover in her upcoming Roadside Attractions release CALL JANE, starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Mara, about a 1960s housewife (Banks) who joins the Jane Collective to fight for women's rights as she struggles to cope with her need for an abortion during a time of limited social or political support.

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HUGH BELL PHOTO EARLY MORNING PUBLISHED IN BUZZFEED NEWS

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HUGH BELL PHOTO EARLY MORNING PUBLISHED IN BUZZFEED NEWS

Hugh Bell’s photograph Early Morning, 1964 (from his collection of more than two dozen Afro-Caribbean photographs), was licensed by BuzzFeed News for their 2021 Black History Month feature article “The Black Photographers Who Paved The Way For The World We Live In Now”.

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BUZZFEED NEWS PAYS TRIBUTE TO LGBTQ HISTORY & CULTURE WITH PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL

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BUZZFEED NEWS PAYS TRIBUTE TO LGBTQ HISTORY & CULTURE WITH PHOTOS BY HUGH BELL

Hugh Bell’s was an American photographer of Caribbean descent, most well known for his photographs of jazz clubs and musicians. Born and raised in Harlem, he also captured Pride marches and demonstrations like Wigstock during the 1980s and 1990s. Bell influenced a generation of photographers, as well as documenting a different time for #pride. BuzzFeed News looked back in June, 2021 at LGBTQ history and representation through the years in the US and abroad.

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SARAH VAUGHAN PHOTO BY HUGH BELL INCLUDED IN FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA KATHERINE E. NASH GALLERY

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SARAH VAUGHAN PHOTO BY HUGH BELL INCLUDED IN FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA KATHERINE E. NASH GALLERY

Over the past several years, Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) has worked diligently to further the legacy of talented African-American artist Hugh Bell, whose photography career began in the early 1950s. We are pleased to announce that the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the Department of Art, University of Minnesota, will feature Hugh Bell’s work in their forthcoming exhibition projected for September of 2021, entitled “ A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” which will celebrate the work of African American photographers.

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