Shawn Walker (photographer)

This article is about the American photographer. For the basketball player, see Shawn Walker.
Shawn Walker
Born1940 (age 85–86)
New York City
Known forphotography, filmmaking

Shawn Walker (born 1940) is an American photographer and filmmaker. He is a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop.[1]

In 2018 the Steven Kasher Gallery held a retrospective of his work.[2][3]

In 2022 Walker's work was included in the exhibition Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop organized by the organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.[4] Walker's work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. [5] His photographs are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art,[6] Whitney Museum of American Art.[7]

In 2020 the Library of Congress obtained Walker's artifacts of the Kamoinge Workshop as well much of his personal archive.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Shawn Walker". Black Arts Movement School Modality. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ^ Berger, Maurice (9 January 2018). "A Photographer's Search for the Magic in Everyday Life". Lens Blog. New York Times Company. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Shawn Walker, Cultural Anthropologist". Guernica. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop". Getty Museum. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 265. ISBN 9780300283501.
  6. ^ "Shawn W. Walker". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Shawn Walker | Man with Bubble, Central Park (near Bandshell)". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  8. ^ Machemer, Theresa. "Library of Congress Acquires 100,000 Images by Harlem Photographer Shawn Walker". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  9. ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (5 March 2020). "Library of Congress Acquires 100,000+ Images From Shawn Walker, First Comprehensive Archive of African American Photographer to Enter Public Collection". Culture Type. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
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