Raimondo Borea's Photo of Kenneth B. Clark Licensed to THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD on PBS

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Raimondo Borea's Photo of Kenneth B. Clark Licensed to THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD on PBS

Premiering March 30th, the PBS special series THE BLINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD presents the story of the horrific beating of a Black army sergeant during WWII that ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement. Pictured above, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark was an important expert witness in Briggs v. Elliott (1952), one of five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

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Common to Perform at Democratic National Convention

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Common to Perform at Democratic National Convention

Common, as depicted in this photo by Hugh Bell, is among the list of performers that will appear this week at the Democratic National Convention.

GME is also happy to share some of it’s images of historical Democratic party icons as photographed by Raimondo Borea.

GME is also pleased to present a rare audio recording during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, which comes from GME’s archive of original campaign commercials for television and radio.

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GME Sends Out Belated Birthday Wishes for James Baldwin on his 96th Birthday

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GME Sends Out Belated Birthday Wishes for James Baldwin on his 96th Birthday

James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western society, most notably in regard to the mid-twentieth-century United States.

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"A Day in the Night of Hugh Downs”: Photo Essay by Raimondo Borea

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"A Day in the Night of Hugh Downs”: Photo Essay by Raimondo Borea

Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) is honored to memorialize the passing last week of entertainment giant Hugh Downs by presenting a rare visual essay, “A Day in the Night of Hugh Downs,” photographed by Raimondo Borea. Hugh Downs was a regular television presence from the 1940’s through the 1990’s. He was an announcer for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999.

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Raimondo Borea Photograph of Kenneth B. Clark on Permanent Display at New York State Museum

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Raimondo Borea Photograph of Kenneth B. Clark on Permanent Display at New York State Museum

Recently, Raimondo Borea’s iconic photograph of educator Kenneth B. Clark has been placed on permanent display as part of a wall text at the entry to the Kenneth B. Clark Auditorium at the New York State Museum in Albany.

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APAG tour of The Museum of the City of New York

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The American Photography Archives Group visited The Museum of the City of New York to take a tour of the archive holdings and listen to a talk by Sean Corcoran, the Curator of Prints and Photographs. GME is an active member of APAG as a representative of photographers Hugh Bell and Raimondo Borea.

Raimondo Borea Picture Used in New Book "Acting in the Academy: The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education"

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A photograph of Raimondo Borea's has been used in the recently published book "Acting in the Academy: The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education," by Peter Zazzali. The picture of Borea's depicts the first graduating class from the Juilliard School's acting program taught by John Houseman and was attended by Kevin Kline (below).

 
Group 1 of the juilliard school's acting program (c. 1972)

Group 1 of the juilliard school's acting program (c. 1972)

 

Summary of the Book:

"There are over 150 BFA and MFA acting programs in the US today, nearly all of which claim to prepare students for theatre careers. Peter Zazzali contends that the curricula of these courses represent an ethos that is as outdated as it is limited, given today’s shrinking job market for stage actors. 

Acting in the Academy traces the history of actor training in universities to make the case for a move beyond standard courses in voice and speech, movement, or performance, to develop an entrepreneurial model that motivates and encourages students to create their own employment opportunities. This book answers questions such as:

  • How has the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs shaped actor training in the US?

  • How have training programmes and the acting profession developed in relation to one another

  • What impact have these developments had on American acting as an art form?

Acting in the Academy calls for a reconceptualization of actor training the US, and looks to newly empower students of performance with a fresh, original perspective on their professional development."