Isaac Sutton (photographer)

This article is about the American photographer. For the Louisiana politician, see Isaac Sutton.
Isaac Sutton
Born1923 (1923)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Died1995 (aged 71–72)
Los Angeles, California
Known forphotography

Isaac Sutton (1923-1995) was an American photographer. He is known for his work as head photographer for the Black owned Johnson Publishing Company which published the influential magazines Jet and Ebony.[1]

Sutton was born in 1923 in Shreveport, Louisiana.[2] Sutton died in 1995 in Los Angeles, California.[2]

In 2018, artist Theaster Gates created an archive of photographs by Isaac Sutton, and fellow Johnson photographer Moneta Sleet Jr. entitled Black Image Corporation.[3] The archive was exhibited at the Osservatorio of the Fondazione Prada.[1]

Sutton's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [4] His photographs are in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Boutet de Monvel, Violaine (14 November 2018). "The Archive That Visualized Black Excellence". Aperture. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Sutton, Isaac". Emory Libraries. Emory University. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Theaster Gates: Black Image Corporation". Gagosian Quarterly. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ^ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780300283501.
  5. ^ "Sutton, Isaac". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
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