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Assembled over a period of eighty years at the Black Star photo agency in New York City, the photographs in the Black Star Collection describe the personalities, events and conflicts of the twentieth century.

In 2005, the historical Black Star Collection was gifted to Ryerson University by an anonymous donor. In receiving this gift, the university has been entrusted with preserving these photographs and making them accessible to the public through exhibition and publication.


 
ABOUT THE COLLECTION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS NEWS RELEASES ONLINE GALLERY EXHIBITIONS RESEARCH & PROJECTS LINKS CONTACTS
     
  • Access to the collection  
  • Digitization and Cataloguing  
  • Oral Histories Project
A documentary initiative - personal anecdotes and memories
of Black Star photographers and associates are recorded.
 
  Images of the Berlin Wall & Freedom Rocks
German Consulate, Toronto, Embassy of Canada, Berlin
& Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
 
     
     
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
 
  To be announced  
 
VIDEO
 
 
Steve Schapiro
Dennis Brack

Photographing an Era
 
 
PHOTOS
 
  Highlights from the Black Star
Collection at Ryerson University
 
Commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall with Black Star exhibitions in Toronto and Berlin
Read more...
 
Black Star Photographer Guest Speaker at Ryerson's Kodak Lecture Series
Read more...

 
Black Star Collection in Washington DC
Prominent cultural leader Doina Popescu appointed Director, Ryerson Photography Gallery and Research Centre
Read more...
 
     
 
Questions? Comments?
 
 
If you have comments, questions, or concerns about the Black Star Collection at Ryerson University please write to us at:

BlackStarCollection@ryerson.ca

Have you worked for or with the Black Star agency?


We’d like to hear from photographers, picture researchers, photo editors, printers, or others who have stories to share and wish to participate in our Oral Histories project.

BlackStarHistory@ryerson.ca

 
 

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