Albert Fennar

Albert Fennar
Born(1938-04-22)April 22, 1938
New York City
DiedJune 3, 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 80)
Long Beach, California
Known forPhotography
Websitealfennarphotography.com

Albert Fennar (1938–2018) was an American photographer.

Fennar was born in New York City on April 22, 1938.[1] He was a member of the photography collective, the Kamoinge Workshop.[2] Fennar died in Long Beach on June 3, 2018.[1]

In 2020 Fanner was one of the photographers featured in the Whitney Museum exhibition Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop.[3] That exhibit traveled to the J. Paul Getty Museum[4] and the Cincinnati Art Museum in 2022.[5]

His work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [6]

Fanner's photographs are in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum,[7] and the Museum of Modern Art.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fennar, Albert". Photography Database. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Al Fennar". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ Fateman, Johanna (12 March 2021). "The Kamoinge Workshop". The New Yorker. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ^ Recinos, Eva (17 August 2022). "How an overlooked Black collective carved out pathways for a new generation of photographers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop". Cincinnati Art Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ^ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780300283501.
  7. ^ "Albert Fennar (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Albert Fennar". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 23 January 2026.