GME Remembers Iconic Actor Richard Roundtree

GME Remembers Iconic Actor Richard Roundtree

On Tuesday, October 24th, 2023, actor Richard Roundtree died at the age of 81 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  A pioneering performer who broke down barriers for Black actors, Roundtree was photographed at the height of his fame by Hugh Bell, a photographer who broke down barriers for Black visual artists and whose body of work GME exclusively represents.

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A Look at GME's Hugh Bell Photo Collection In Honor of LGBTQ+ History Month

A Look at GME's Hugh Bell Photo Collection In Honor of LGBTQ+ History Month

On the occasion of October being LGBTQ+ History Month, GME reflects on gems from our photo collections that were taken by queer photographers and/or spotlight the beauty and diversity of queer communities over the past several decades. First up is Hugh Bell, a highly-prolific visual artist whose candid images of LGBTQ+ community members in the 1980s and ‘90s remain potent historical artifacts.

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Never-Before-Seen Footage Offers Intimate Portrait of Thelonious Monk in Paris Showing at BAM Mar 10-16

Never-Before-Seen Footage Offers Intimate Portrait of Thelonious Monk in Paris Showing at BAM Mar 10-16

A wealth of never-before-seen footage in offers a gripping and intimate portrait of Thelonious Monk in Paris, 1969. The legendary pianist and composer arrives for a TV interview before his evening concert, where he is met with racist, colonialist acts both large and small.

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Hugh Bell’s Iconic Photo Hot Jazz (1952) Installed at the Museum of Modern Art

Hugh Bell’s Iconic Photo Hot Jazz (1952) Installed at the Museum of Modern Art

Hugh Bell’s iconic photograph Hot Jazz  (1952) was exhibited in Edward Steichen’s groundbreaking exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, The Family of Man, in 1955.  Now, for the first time since then, this photograph is currently installed in MoMA”s Gallery 402, which is dedicated to the theme In and Around Harlem.

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GME Remembers Barbara Walters with Photos of Her Time at NBC "Today" by Raimondo Borea

 GME Remembers Barbara Walters with Photos of Her Time at NBC "Today" by Raimondo Borea

Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) is honored to memorialize the recent passing of Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, and who as an interviewer of celebrities became one herself, helping to blur the line between news and entertainment.

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Recent Raimondo Borea and Hugh Bell Photo Licenses and Exhibition News

Recent Raimondo Borea and Hugh Bell Photo Licenses and Exhibition News

GME has licensed two of Raimondo Borea’s unique, behind the scenes photos of Dave Garroway, the original host and Anchor of NBC’s TODAY for an upcoming Bear Manor Media book by Jodie Peeler, and 3 iconic jazz photographs by Hugh Bell of Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday for the new edition of 'ReFraming: REFLECTIONS IN BLACK,' Deborah Willis updating of her 2000 groundbreaking pictorial collection of African American life.

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