A “Lifetime of Memories” celebrating Mr. Harry Kemp’s life and contributions, will be shared beginning at 5 PM on Friday, October 7, 2011, at WISCONSIN BLACK HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MUSEUM, 2620 West Center Street, Milwaukee, WI 53206. Phone: (414) 372-7677.
Mr. Kemp, who passed on Sept. 29 at the age of 78, was a staff photographer for the Milwaukee Courier from 1970 to 1976, when he moved to Milwaukee Community Journal where he worked full-time until 1978. He taught photography for the Milwaukee Public School System from 1972 to 1975 at North Division, Hamilton and South Division High Schools before establishing “Kemp’s Photography” and becoming an independent contractor for the Milwaukee Courier, The Milwaukee Times, El Conquistador, Spanish Times and the Spanish Journal. A Milwaukee institution, Mr. Kemp took over 100,000 photos during his lifetime.
Mr. Kemp, who once said his goal was always to “take people’s pictures the way they would like to be seen,” photographed decades of African American community life, prominent personalities that came to Milwaukee including Mr. Muhammad Ali, Mr. Dick Gregory, Ms. Diana Ross, Ms. Eartha Kitt, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Ms. Natalie Cole, and Mr. Hank Aaron and much more. Mr. Kemp was also a longtime photographer for the Milwaukee Brewers and was a mentor and inspiration to new generations of photo journalists of color and many others.
The Milwaukee Courier, one of the newspapers Mr. Kemp worked for:
http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/
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