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1/4 square inch; photographic.
5 gelatin silver prints

Collection Description

Rodney Evans, a professional photographer in Houston, Texas, was born January 12, 1922, in Prairie View, Texas. The son of a Prairie View College (now Prairie View A&M University) dean, Evans moved to Houston with his family in 1926, where he attended public schools. He became interested in photography as a high school student through a chemistry class. In 1941, after graduating from Yates High School, Evans entered Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but was interrupted in 1942 by service in World War II. Returning in 1946, Evans graduated in 1949 and did graduate study at Texas Southern University and Sam Houston State University.

Evans taught photography at Texas Southern University from 1952 to 1991. He is retired and lives in Houston. An oral history with Rodney Evans and examples of his work appear in Portraits of Community: African American Photography in Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996).

The collection consists of selected vintage prints made by Rodney Evans between 1961 and 1970 and copy prints. Photographs document education, athletics, administration, and student life at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas.

Arrangement: prints arranged chronologically.

Copyright and permissions: Prints for research and study only. Permission to reproduce required from photographer.

Source: Rodney Evans

See also: Oral History Collection