(PHOTOGRAPHY) POLK PRENTICE H Untitled [Woman with apron and

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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) POLK, PRENTICE H. Untitled [Woman with apron and hands on hips]. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1932, 9x7- 3/4 inches. signature in ink on verso. Np, 1932

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Prentice Herman Polk (1898-1984) was a student of C.M. Battey at Tuskegee. He opened his first studio there in 1927. He was promoted soon afterward to the faculty of Tuskegee''s Photography Department. Polk began a special project photographing the former enslaved residents of the Tuskegee community. Though his portraits had a limited range, they revealed a great sensitivity and clarity on the part of the photographer. His intent was to capture the character of these elders, and he called these portraits his ''Old Characters.''" Deborah Willis, "Reflexions in Black."