Keith Calhoun

CTL-E-3388 · Person · artist · 1955–present

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New Orleans documentary photographer (born January 1, 1955); with his wife and artistic partner Chandra McCormick he built a roughly 30-year archive documenting Black New Orleanian life, two-thirds of it destroyed by Hurricane Katrina flooding in 2005.

Relationships

Chandra McCormick — collaborated with
Calhoun and McCormick are husband-and-wife artistic partners who document the gamut of Black New Orleanian life together.
Hurricane Katrina - Calhoun-McCormick archive flooded — related to
Calhoun's archive was packed into bins before the 2005 evacuation; roughly two-thirds of it was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina flooded the couple's Lower Ninth Ward home and studio.

Referenced by

Calhoun-McCormick Photographic Archive — founded by → this record

Sources

National Geographic — 'Warped and Waterlogged, a Damaged Photo Collection Takes on New Life' (2021)
64 Parishes — 'Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick'
Wikipedia — 'Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick'

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