Benedict J. Fernandez
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Benedict J. Fernandez, (born 5 April 1936-January 31, 2021) is an American journalistic and street photographer.
Biography
Fernandez was born in New York City's Hispanic East Harlem area.
After being laid off from a job at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fernandez became a professional photographer.[1] Fernandez documented the American civil rights movement in the 1960s and documented some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s private moments with his family.[1]
He established the photography department at the Parsons School of Design.[1] Following his time at Parsons, Fernandez continued his career in the 1990s as a founder and CEO of Hoboken Almanac of Photography and the Almanac Gallery in Hoboken, New Jersey, and as a senior fellow in photography at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Personal life
Fernandez married Siiri Fernandez in 1957.[1]
Selected works
Books
- In Opposition, 1968
- Countdown to Eternity, 1993
- Protest, 1996
- I am a Man, 1996
Collections
- The Smithsonian
- The National Portrait Gallery
- The Corcoran Museum of Art
- Museum of Modern Art
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts
- The Norton Simon Museum of Art
- Schombert Center for Research in Black Culture
- The King Center
- University of Tokyo
- Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris
- The Museum of African American History and Culture
- The Museum of the City of New York
Awards
- 1999 Senior Fellow in Photography, The Corcoran Museum of Art
- 1992 Senior Fulbright Research Fellow in Photography
- 1986 Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in China
- 1973 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- 1970 Guggenheim Fellow
