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P. H. Polk
Also Known as: Prentice H. Polk, Prentice Hall Polk, Prentice Herman Polk
Born:
Bessemer, Alabama 1898
Died:
Tuskegee, Alabama 1984
Biography
Prentice Hall Polk studied photography at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. He later became the school's official photographer and maintained a studio in Tuskegee from 1939 until his retirement in the early 1980s. His photographs celebrate the national and local elite, as well as the working-class residents of the region.
Gwen Everett African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D.C. and New York: Smithsonian American Art Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003)
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