Kenneth Royster Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Kenneth Royster Oral History Interview: Date: July 14, 2016. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of 2016.129.4.1a and 2016.129.4.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Ken Royster was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Mr. Royster donated a collection of his photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
During this oral history interview Ken Royster discusses his evolution as an artist and photographer and his approach to his work. Royster is known for his black and white photography of African American cultural rituals, such as baptisms. He also talks at length about growing up in Baltimore, Maryland.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of: Kenneth Royster, American, born 1944
- Interviewed by: Aaron Bryant, American
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.4.1a): 101.8 min.
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.4.2a): 101.25 min.
- Dimensions: 166.47 GB
- Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Art
- Topic: Christianity
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Museums
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Social life and customs
- Object number: 2016.129.4.1a-.2a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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