Mission Statement
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Chester Higgins Jr.
Photograph by Hampton Gould, GC Graphics
As a photographer, my mission is to redefine the visual document as it relates to people of African descent. In my work, I show the elements of decency, dignity and character, and the universality of life. I believe that life exists at the pleasure of the Spirit; therefore, I search for the signature of the Spirit in all things. [End Page 138]
Chester Higgins Jr., a staff photographer of the New York Times since 1975, is author of such books as The Black Woman (with Harold McDougall), Some Time Ago: A Historical Portrait of Black Americans, 1850–1950 (with Orde Coombs), Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa, Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging, and Echo of the Spirit: A Photographer’s Journey. His photography has been exhibited in a variety of venues in such cities as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dakar, Accra, Paris, Berlin, Montevideo, Caracas, Cologne, Stockholm, Vienna, and many others throughout the world. Higgins was born in Alabama and graduated from Tuskegee University. He lives in New York.
