Andrea Clark is an African-American photographer living in
Asheville
Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina a ...
, North Carolina. She is best known for her black and white photographs that document Asheville's East End community taken around 1968 -1971. In 2020 Clark was awarded the Sondley Award by the Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and
Buncombe County.
"Andrea Clark's photographs capture the full spectrum of community life in Asheville's East End in 1970. The images portray a neighborhood with bustling business and street life, gardens where people grew their own food, and sidewalks on which children played under the watchful eyes of elders."
The East End had been a vibrant black community since the 1880s but by 1978
urban renewal
Urban renewal (sometimes called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address real or perceived urban decay. Urban renewal involves the clearing ...
had razed much of it and families were relocated to other neighborhoods.
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American women photographers
Living people
African-American photographers
People from Asheville, North Carolina
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century African-American artists
21st-century African-American women
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