A Rainbow in Black/1980 Edition
Allen Johnson
Editor
Linda Brown
Editor. Black Ink
Teresa Burke
Editor, The Campus Echo
Published annualJy by the Curriculum in African “"d Afro-American Studies as
a supplement to Black Ink of the University of North Carolina and The Campu
Echo of North Carolina Central University
fi
variety
the word
I this year
int'H 'A ! ' wall hvv.ord in tht se-
. d a-i'" li Raiiibi)W in Black
p otographv ...mpeiiticn co-
,pon‘.-,:i by Alrican-Afro Amcncan
Studi ' and thi> Black Student Move-
mt>nt a! UNC Chapel Hill
I'ntrifv ran9*’d fuim a siark haunting
,;jclv ot .irmt’d Communisl Workers
Paily member' during a memorial
nirtith 111 (jreciisboro to a l)iile girl at
iPmptinc lo eat :ce cream while putting
more of it on her face than in her
mouth
And ihen there was a nude portrait
called Cinnamon and Friend" which,
ri'ie ro Its less than G rated sub|ect mat-
let was featured in a Carolina Union
exhibit but could not be featured on the
Reflections' television show on
WTVD. Channel 11. or in this supple
ment
Did you see what those people are
doing in that photo^' a colleague asked
■ Yeah ■ I said If they put that pic
ture in the paper, somebody s mama is
going to withdraw her child from the
University."
In any event, after hours of examina
tion by oui panel of judges, a Best in
Show " winner emerged
Senior Citizens" by Matt Cooper, a
UNC lunior from Littleton, featured an
intriguing photo of a gentleman at a
senior citizens' meeting One distinct
aspect of the photo is Cooper's framing
of his subject with other people.
' I look to use other people to frame
my shots, " says Cooper. "It adds a sur
"B. T. Talks Basketball "by
Chris Bunitt (Honorable Men
tion)
real aura to your subiect matter and it s
more natural than using a bare wall or
trees
Runnerup in the contest was "Pigeon
Man" (also a cover shot) by Joseph
Turner another UNC student
Special thanks go to contest )udges
Rege Anders, manager of Foister s
Camera Store in Chapel Hill, Harry
Amana, lecturer in the UNC School of
Journalism. James Parker, former
photography editor of 'Black Ink and
Beth Wicker. Chapel Hill artist and
photographic counselor
Also special thanks to the staffs of
North Carolina Cei%al University's
Campus Echo" and UNC s “Black
Ink " without which this supplement
never would have been
Untitled by William Graves (for
exhibit only; not entered if)
contest)