The Black Baltimore Digital Database is opening its first exhibition in collaboration with the I. Henry Phillips Photo Archive. The show, The Daily Hustle: Work, Joy and Community in Black Baltimore, showcases 21 images from the photographic archive of Irving Henry Phillips, Sr. (1920-1993), a prominent, Baltimore-based photojournalist. Featuring scenes from the 1940’s of oyster men, bricklayers, telephone operators, mechanics, shop owners, etc., this collection draws our attention to the ways in which labor, joy, and dignity intersect for cultural meaning in the African American community.

The Black Lens Project is a collaboration between the Black Baltimore Digital Database and the I. Henry Photo Project to showcase images and oral histories emerging from the extensive Phillips archive.

@3100 Greenmount Ave.

Join us to celebrate the opening of our new headquarters and our inaugural exhibition of archival images from the I. Henry Phillips Photo Archive, described below.