Lewis Watts

Lewis Watts is a photographer, archivist/curator. His artwork centers around the “cultural landscape” primarily in the African Diaspora. He is the co-author of Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era as well as New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition and Portraits.

His work has been exhibited at the Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University; Staatiche Kunstammiunger, Dresden, Germany; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Citè de La Musique, Paris, France; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; and The Oakland Museum of California, among others. 

Photo credit: Raymond Holbert