TOM CLARK: A huge wave / "The Blackman is the original man": John H. White: Black Chicago, early 1970s

COLERAINE, NORTHERN IRELAND - DECEMBER 22: A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier as professional surfer Al Mennie waits on a break in the swell on December 22, 2016 in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Storm Barbara is expected to cause major travel disruption when it hits northern parts of the UK later with 90mph winds predicted. The Met Office has issued an amber warning with the worst effects of the storm expected on Friday and Saturday. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier as professional surfer Al Mennie waits on a break in the swell in Coleraine, Northern Ireland: photo by Charles McQuillan, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Syrians who left the last rebel-held pockets of Aleppo arrive in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region. By @baraaalhalabi: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

epa05685384 Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) pays last respects at the coffin of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, during a memorial service for Andrey Karlov at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russia, 22 December 2016. Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Karlov was assasinated on 19 December during a culutural event at an art gallery in the Turkish capital by Turkish policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, who had been serving in Ankara's riot police for two years. EPA/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) pays last respects at the coffin of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, during a memorial service at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russia: photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/EPA, 22 December 2016

I think after what's happened with the #Russian ambassador killed yesterday, No trust between the bodyguards: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @AhmadAlkhtiib, 20 December 2016

Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey.: photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/pool via AP, 22 December 2016

#Syrians build a snowman, during a storm that brought snow in #Binnish, on the outskirts of #Idlib yesterday #AFP Photo by @omar_hajkadour: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

IRAQ - Ahmed, who fled from Mosul, poses for a picture at al-Khazer refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak. By JM Lopez #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

IRAQ - A wounded boy from Mosul, where a suicide attack killed at least 23 civilians, receives treatment at a hospital in Erbil. By JM Lopezi: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Men work at a factory producing wood-burning stoves, known locally as a "sobia" in the rebel-held town of Douma. By @SameerAlDoumy #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

#China suffered its sixth day under an oppressive #haze #pollution A man wearing a mask visits the Forbidden City in #Beijing #AFP Wang Zhao: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 21 December 2016

Canary Wharf and the fog around London as seen from the Shard

Fog over the Canary Wharf in London: photo by Charlie Bibby/FT, 22 December 2016

UGANDA - A bodybuilder flexes his muscles as he looks at himself in a mirror at the Nakivubo power house gym in Kampala. By @ikasamani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

YEMEN - A disabled man receives treatment at a clinic for prosthetic limbs and physical rehabilitation, in Sanaa. By Mohammed Huwais #AFP : image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

A member of the Santo Tomas brotherhood takes part in the procession in honour of the saint in Chichicastenango municipality, Quiche department, 150 kilometres west of Guatemala City: photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP, 22 December 2016

GUATEMALA - Dance groups perform traditional "El Torito" during procession in honour of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango. By @johanordonez: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

A wounded Iraqi child who was injured during the ongoing fighting between Iraqi forces and jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group in Mosul, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Arbil, the capital of Iraqs autonomous Kurdistan region, on December 19, 2016. The hospital in Arbil is sometimes receiving more than 25-30 new patients a day and the small hospital is struggling to cope, they have no more space, a cheif nurse at the emergency clinic said.

A wounded Iraqi child who was injured during the ongoing fighting between Iraqi forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group in Mosul, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Arbil: photo by Safin Hamed/AFP, 21 December 2016

AFGHANISTAN - A man is seen through a broken glass after Taliban storm Afghan MP's house in Kabul. By @shahmarai #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

epa05684220 A soldier guards polio vaccination team administering polio vaccination to children during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan, 21 December 2016. Pakistan is one of the last two countries, along with Afghanistan, where polio is still endemic. Though new polio cases dropped to a nine-year low in 2016, attacks by Islamist militants against health workers and police guarding them remained a challenge for a UN-funded vaccination campaign. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

A soldier guards polio vaccination team administering polio vaccination to children during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. Though new polio cases dropped to a nine-year low in 2016, attacks by Islamist militants against health workers and police guarding them remained a challenge for a UN-funded vaccination campaign.: photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA, 21 December 2016

A mourner places a candle on December 21, 2016 at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin, close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days

A mourner places a candle at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days ago: photo by Clemens Bilan/AFP, 21 December 2016

KOSOVO - A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial tribute in Prizren after the attack at Berlin Christmas market. By @armend_nimani: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer clean windows at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Daiba bay area: photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP, 21 December 2016

SYRIA - Girls pose for a selfie at the entrance of a shop decorated for Christmas in Kurdish majority city of Qamishli. By @Delilsouleman: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

Firefighters work amid the debris left by a huge blast that occured in a fireworks market in Mexico City, killing at least nine people and injuring 70: photo by AFP, 21 December 2016

Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat on December 21, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / MADAREE TOHLALAMADAREE TOHLALA/AFP/Getty Images

Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat, Thailand: photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP, 21 December 2016

THAILAND - Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the province of Narathiwat. By Madaree Tohlala #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

RAMALLAH - Palestinian mourner reacts after spreading on his face blood of Ahmad al-Kharoub, 19, shot and killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah. By @Abbasmomani: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

#Palestinian #blood of Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, who was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah #AFP By @Abbasmomani: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Evacuated civilian who is in poor health condition waits on a bus before heading to Homs to receive medical care. By George Ourfalian: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

"The Blackman is the original man": John H. White: Black Chicago, early 1970s

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali, A Black Muslim, Attends The Sect's Service To Hear Elijah Muhammad Deliver The Annual Savior's Day Message In Chicago, 03/1974 | by The U.S. National Archives

World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a Black Muslim, attends a Black Muslim service to hear Elijah Muhammad deliver the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

15-0673MBlack Muslim Women Dressed In White Applaud Elijah Muhammad During The Delivery Of His Annual Savior's Day Message In Chicago, 03/1974 | by The U.S. National Archives

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

15-0673MBlack Muslim Women Dressed In White Applaud Elijah Muhammad During The Delivery Of His Annual Savior's Day Message In Chicago, 03/1974 | by The U.S. National Archives

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Religious Fervor is Mirrored on the Face of a Black Muslim Woman, One of Some 10,000 Listening to Elijah Muhammad Deliver His Annual Savior's Day Message In Chicago, 03/1974 | by The U.S. National Archives

Religious fervor is mirrored in the face of a black woman, one of 10,000 people listening as Elijah Muhammad delivers his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Isaac Hayes Dancers Perform At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Isaac Hayes Dancers Perform At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Isaac Hayes dancers perform at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Black Soul Singer Isaac Hayes And His Group Perform At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Soul singer Isaac Hayes and his group perform at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Black Soul Singer Johnny Taylor Performs At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Soul singer Johnny Taylor performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Black Bongo Player Performs At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

An Oakland A's Pitcher Delivers During A Game With The Home Team Chicago Cubs At Wrigley Field, 07/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Oakland A's pitcher Vida Blue delivers a pitch against the home team Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

Closeup Of A Black Mother And Child As They Enjoy A Summer Outing On Chicago's 12th Street Beach On Lake Michigan, 08/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

A mother and child enjoy a summer outing at Chicago's 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

A young black man showing his muscle during a small community program in Chicago on the South Side: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

Black youngsters performing in a community program on an empty lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

Black owned homes in Groveland Park on Cottage Grove Avenue on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

A Black Man Who is Jobless Sits on the Windowsill of a Building in a High Crime Area on Chicago's South Side, 07/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

A black man who is jobless sits on the windowsill of a building in a high crime area on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)July 1973

63rd Street: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

Empty Housing In The Ghetto On Chicago's South Side Structures Such As This Have Been Systematically Vacated As A Result Of Fires, Vandalism Or Failure By Owners To Provide Basic Tenant Services, 05/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Empty housing in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

Black family count their cash in their apartment in South Side Chicago: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Black neighborhood on Chicago's West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Black Community Older Housing On Chicago's West Side. This Area In 1973 Had Not Quite Recovered From The Riots And Fires During The Mid And Late 1960's, 06/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

Black community older housing on Chicago's West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

South Side Black community In Chicago with small businesses and apartments over the stores: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

On 47th Street, South Side Chicago: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

South Side black workers playing checkers on East 35th Street before going to work: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

Ghetto Street Scene In Chicago On The South Side. The City Census Figures Show A Significant Gap In Economic Security Between Blacks And Whites, 07/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

On the South Side: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

Black man operating a newsstand on the West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Black woman selling gas filled "Have A Happy Day" balloons on a South Side streetcorner near Sox Park: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)June 1973

Sidewalk merchandise on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Graffiti on a wall, Chicago: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th And Prairie Streets, 05/1973 | by The U.S. National Archives

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

Photos of the African-American Community of Chicago by John H. White (1945-) for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project (US National Archives)

2 comments:

Mose2324 December 2016 at 10:39
White's photos of your home town remind us what survival looks like.

We may surf the next wave for a while but I can't see us staying afloat.
TC25 December 2016 at 03:13

John White, one of the great photojournalists, a religious man, born on a Sunday into a family of preachers in North Carolina, worked for a very long time as staff photographer for the Chicago Sun-Times, winning a Pulitzer along the way (1982), before being laid off, along with the rest of the paper's photography staff, in 2013, a victim of shifting business models and iPhones.

After the shock of getting his notice ("Right now I'm not trying to understand it"), White said, "I started June 23, 1969, and I thought, maybe after two years it will get boring... To this day, it's never boring, because you're doing it not for you, but for others."

White believed in life as service, and took his subject to be "Ordinary, everyday people, these are the treasures, that's what's important."

Thanks for the good word, Duncan, and all love as ever to you & K, in this thin season.

Friday, 23 December 2016

A huge wave / "The Blackman is the original man": John H. White: Black Chicago, early 1970s

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