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From Buncombe County Libraries:
One hundred and eighty glass plates stored beneath a home in Columbia, SC contained the life’s work of a unique and unrecognized master photographer who operated a studio in Columbia, South Carolina from 1920 to 1935. Richard Samuel Roberts chronicled the lives of middle class, southern African Americans in the early 20th century and was one of the few major African American commercial photographers working in the region during this time. Archivist Thomas L. Johnson worked with the Roberts family to preserve these remarkable photos and bring them to the public. The exhibit has traveled the country and been printed in book form. Mr. Johnson will join us to detail this extraordinary process: part detective story and part cultural and artistic revelation. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weaverville Library.
A True Likeness: The Black South of Photographer Richard Samuel Roberts Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m., Weaverville Library - 41 N. Main St. - Weaverville (828) 250-6482