A Portland Family Album

Self-portrait of an African-American Community

September 7 – 30, 1995

The photographs in A Portland Family Album: Self-portrait of an African-American Community are from the family albums of the families of Aletha Chavis, Gail Johnson, Jay and Linda Loggins, and Lyda Overton. The show was edited and produced by Christopher Rauschenberg and Thomas Robinson, who also contributed images from their collections. Richard Brown made this show possible by finding the families who generously shared their precious family photographs. Half of the show was presented at Blue Sky and half at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. A full set of the prints was donated to the North Portland branch of the Multnomah County Library. Copy negatives were produced by Steve Beals, James Carmin, Christopher Rauschenberg, and Thomas Robinson. The exhibition prints were made by Anne Greenwood, Scott Gregory, Christopher Rauschenberg, Mauricio Rioseco, and Thomas Robinson for the Photo Research Group.