Lou (Louis) Draper

♂ *1935-2002 / United States

Contacts for the work of Lou (Louis) Draper

Lou (Louis) Draper

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Solo exhibitions

TRUE GRACE

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
9 Jan 2020 – 22 Feb 2020
Retrospective

Candela Photographic Arts, Richmond VA (US)
10 Jan 2014 – 22 Feb 2014

Group

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

Mississippi Museum of Art, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jul 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
Black Photojournalism

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth (US)
15 Mar 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Adger Cowans, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks …
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
24 Feb 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
Black Photojournalism

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
13 Sep 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith …
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
21 Sep 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier …
Summer Glow

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
11 Jul 2024 – 7 Sep 2024

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Constantin Brancusi, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Cohen, Marie Cosindas, Adger Cowans, Bill Cunningham, Ahmet Ertug, Elger Esser, Ray Francis, Todd Hido, Chester Higgins …
Cities Are for People: Street Photography, 1945-1970

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (US)
30 Sep 2023 – 25 Feb 2024

with Diane Arbus, Ilse Bing, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Roy DeCarava, Robert Frank, Leonard Freed, Lee Friedlander, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, William Klein, Dorothea Lange …
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
Working Together

The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati (US)
25 Feb 2022 – 25 May 2022

with Anthony Barboza, Roy DeCarava, Ming Smith, Beuford Smith, Shawn Walker
Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
21 Nov 2020 – 20 Mar 2021

with Anthony Barboza, Ray Francis, Ming Smith, Shawn Walker
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

The Broad, Los Angeles (US)
23 Mar 2019 – 1 Sep 2019

with Dawoud Bey, Roy DeCarava, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lorraine O'Grady, Betye Saar, Ming Smith, Charlie White
Patience and Perserverance

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 4

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
10 Nov 2018 – 11 May 2019

with Jules Allen, Anthony Barboza, Dawoud Bey, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks
Photography from the Civil Rights Movement to the Reagan Era

Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (GB)
16 Sep 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Diane Arbus, Dawoud Bey, Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Danny Lyon, Mary Ellen Mark, Nicholas Nixon, Bill Owens, Milton Rogovin …
A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume I

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
16 Feb 2017 – 3 Oct 2017

with Anthony Barboza, Roy DeCarava, LeRoy Henderson, Ming Smith
Black in America

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
26 Feb 2017 – 30 Jul 2017

with Leonard Freed
Signs of Protest: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
11 Jan 2014 – 3 Aug 2014

with Bob Adelman, Gordon Parks

Events

THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2026

AIPAD, New York (US)
23 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026

with Albarran Cabrera, Ilse Bing, Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, Susan Burnstine, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Adger Cowans, F. Holland Day, Frantisek Drtikol, Jürgen Escher, Louis Faurer …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton …