News Photographer

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color linocut in yellow and black depicting a figure with a camera pointed at them. The print appears as a circular design in black against a bright yellow square background. The figure is shown in profile on the left side, their hand raised to hold a news camera pointed at them. The scene is framed by concentric rings with the outer ring appearing as a thick black band with a repeating geometric design. The title of the print [News Photographer] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner with [a/p] written on the bottom center. The print is signed [James L Wells] on the bottom right corner in pencil.

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