VER THE YEARS, I’VE PERIODICALLY FOUND MYSELF IN SITUATIONS THAT FELT DESPERATE AND, IN THOSE MOMENTS, I’D FEEL THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE CERTAIN THINGS.
—DAVID WOJNAROWIC

Louis Draper, Plucked From Obscurity – NYTimes.com

Until recently, histories of photography would have ignored Louis H. Draper — not because of the quality of his photographs, but because of the color of his skin. With the exception of Gordon Parks, African-Americans were mostly glossed over or excluded altogether.