ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Jim Alexander's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally for almost 40 years
and is in many public and private collections, including the Smithsonian, where several of
his photographs were chosen to tour in Beyond Category, the exhibit on the life of Duke Ellington.
One of his major exhibits and books, "Duke and Other Legends," was mounted with support from
the Southern Arts Federation and the National Endowment for the Arts and toured 13 cities.
His photographs have been shown in recent one person shows in the Schatten Gallery at Emory
University, the Atrium at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and CC World Gallery in
New Orleans, an international touring exhibit at the Carlos Museum of Emory University, and a
retrospective on the Atlanta Jazz Festival, at City Gallery at Chastain Park.
A porfolio of his work was also on display at University Gallery at the
University of Delaware and Georgia State University Gallery in ORGINAL ACTS: Photographs of
African American Entertainers in the Paul R. Jones Collection. His work has also been presented
in two recent exhibits at the Atlanta History Center, INFLUENCES: The Converstion Between Music and Visual Art and a group show of Atlanta photographers curated by Daniel Hoover in conjunction with REFLECTIONS IN BLACK: A HISTORY OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS 1840 to the Present.
Additional highlights of Mr. Alexander's illustrious career include: being invited in 1972 to present a special one-man show for the Governor of Connecticut; representing African American photographers at the 8th annual cultural festival in Fort-De France, Martinique; being commissioned to document the Black Hebrew Israelites in Israel in 1982; and exhibiting at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, the Lunds Kunsthal in Sweden and throughout the United States.
Jim Alexander and Gordon Parks P.H. Polk and Jim Alexander
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