Future exhibits
A Moment in Time: Bingham's Black Panthers
October 2, 2008 - April 5, 2009
In 1968, under the auspices of Life magazine, photographer Howard L. Bingham and journalist Gilbert Moore began a historical journey that would document not only the public, but also the more private life of several leaders of the Black Panther Party. From March through October, from Los Angeles to Oakland, and Berkeley to New York, Bingham's camera immortalized this moment in time with Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and his wife, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, David Hilliard, and the many initiates, believers and observers. Bingham's photographs reveal the energy of political education classes, conferences, public rallies, demonstrations, court and jailhouses. Captured also are the private spaces of the Cleaver's apartment and the Panthers' headquarters, and other comrades, often forgotten, whose parallel stories were frequently ignored by the more sensationalistic press.
This exhibition, and the accompanying publication, not only showcase recognizable snapshots taken during public displays, but also posed, private and unusual moments that the Panthers leaders could have only granted to a well-trusted soul whose artistry and openness to the cause would be honestly reflected through the lens of a camera. That is the access they gave to photographer Howard Bingham, from which he created an extremely personal and priceless tribute.
sampling of works to be displayed
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