Painting Light

John Whites's photograph of artist Ron Blackburn

"Artist Ron Blackburn painting an outdoor wall mural at the corner of 33rd and Giles Streets in Chicago. He is one of many black artists painting such art. They feel it is a means of sharing art with the people of the ghetto who don't go to the city's museums." Photographer: John White (October 1973)

from John H. White: Portrait of Black Chicago
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, USA



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