1990/03/01 by Paul Martin Lester, Ron F. Smith · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Photography and Visual Culture
paper · doi:10.1177/107769909006700119
openalex publication_date 1990/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
This content analysis of the pictures in three major magazines for an entire year for each of 11 sampled years in the 1937 through 1988 period shows that African Americans increased visibility from a low of 1.1% to a high of 8.8% of all photographs. This included the presence of African Americans on covers, in advertisements, sports, everyday life, and in other areas. The authors found the African-American photos could be grouped into periods of stereotyping (1937–1952), civil rights (1957–1972), and working within the system (1978–1988).