Frank Dandridge

Frank Dandridge
Born1938 (age 87–88)
Known forPhotography

Frank Dandridge (born 1938) is a photojournalist and television writer. He is best known for his photographs of the civil rights movement. Many of his photographs appeared in Life magazine.[1]

In 2017 Time magazine ran an essay discussing Dandridge's coverage of the 1967 Newark riots.[2]

Dandridge's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art.[1] His portrait of James Baldwin is in the archives of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[3] His iconic image Birmingham Bombing Victim Sarah Jean Collins, 1963 is in the Princeton University Art Museum.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 254. ISBN 9780300283501.
  2. ^ Rothman, Lily. "What One Photographer Saw During the Deadly Newark Riots of 1967". Time. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  3. ^ "James Baldwin Archive". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Birmingham Bombing Victim Sarah Jean Collins". Princeton University Art Museum. Retrieved 21 January 2026.

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