CSCC Library's Art Collection: Kojo Kamau

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Information about Kojo Kamau

Artist: Photographer Kojo Kamau
American, Born October 11, 1939 - Died December 13, 2016.

"Columbus Photographer Kojo Kamau Dies at Age 77" by Julia Oller and Ken Gordon.  The Columbus Dispatch, Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7:15 p.m. 

 

"Photography Legend Kojo Kamau Passes Away" in the December 15, 2016 Columbus State Update.

 

Visit Kojo Kamau's web site at http://www.kojophotosusa.net.

Articles About Kojo Kamau

Hambrick, Jennifer. "Columbus Caught on Film: Photographer Kojo Kamau's New Book Shows Us How the Cap City Used to Be." Short North Gazette. Aug. 2006. Web. 8 Dec. 2011.

A review of Kojo Kamau's book Columbus Remembered.

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Photographer Kojo Kamau receives Raymond J. Hanley Fellowship from Columbus Arts Endowment

2012 "Columbus, Ohio – Columbus artist Kojo Kamau will receive the $10,000 fellowship named in memory of former GCAC President Raymond J. Hanley, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Columbus Arts Endowment announced today."

Artist's Works in the Columbus State Collection

EP Poster

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Title: “Elijah Pierce, March 5, 1892-May 7, 1984”
Description of work: Poster of Kojo’s photograph of Elijah Pierce in his barber shop in B/W and inscribed “To Mrs. Ursel White Lewis 1/13/90”. 19 ¾” c 25 ¾”
Date:  1990
Donor: Gift of Mrs. Ursel White Lewis

Angelou Maya

Photograph of Maya Angelou by Kojo Kamau, 1993

Part of an additional four photographs donated by Kojo Kamau, each signed and dated on the mat.

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Titles: Inscribed on each mat
Description of 4 works: B/W photographs of Maya Angelou, 1993; Roland Martin, 2010; Cornel West, 2011; and Michael E. Dyson, 2012. Dates: 1993-2012
Donor: Gift of Kojo Kamau.

2010 Martin Roland 

Photograph of Roland Martin by Kojo Kamau, 2010

Part of an additional four photographs donated by Kojo Kamau, each signed and dated on the mat.

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Titles: Inscribed on each mat
Description of 4 works: B/W photographs of Maya Angelou, 1993; Roland Martin, 2010; Cornel West, 2011; and Michael E. Dyson, 2012. Dates: 1993-2012
Donor: Gift of Kojo Kamau.

2011 West Cornel 

Photograph of Cornel West by Kojo Kamau, 2011

Part of an additional four photographs donated by Kojo Kamau, each signed and dated on the mat.

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Titles: Inscribed on each mat
Description of 4 works: B/W photographs of Maya Angelou, 1993; Roland Martin, 2010; Cornel West, 2011; and Michael E. Dyson, 2012. Dates: 1993-2012
Donor: Gift of Kojo Kamau.

2012 Dyson Michael 

Photograph of Michael E. Dyson by Kojo Kamau, 2012

Part of an additional four photographs donated by Kojo Kamau, each signed and dated on the mat.

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Titles: Inscribed on each mat
Description of 4 works: B/W photographs of Maya Angelou, 1993; Roland Martin, 2010; Cornel West, 2011; and Michael E. Dyson, 2012. Dates: 1993-2012
Donor: Gift of Kojo Kamau.

Artist: Kojo Kamau
Origin: American, 20th Century
Titles:
Description of 6 works:  Black/White photos of Elijah Pierce and his studio - 18½ x 15½ each
Dates: 1974-1982
Donor: Gift of Kojo Kamau

Kojo Kamau Published:

Blog Post about Kojo Kamau

Ann Starr published this review in her blog "Starr Review" on February 19, 2012 and Jennifer Poleons blogs about Kojo Kamau at Columbus Museum of Arts website on August 15, 2012.

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