Photos of Everyday People

All along his journey through America's cities Camilo J. Vergara has stopped to photograph ordinary people. His collection includes vivid images of men, women and children in African American communities going about their everyday lives.

*Girls and Barbies, East Harlem, New York, 1970*.

*African American Day Parade, 192 W 125th St. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., Harlem, New York, 2010.*

*Frederick Douglass Blvd. and W 125th St., Harlem, New York, 2008.*

*Boys playing basketball near former gas station, southwest corner of W 8th Ave. and Adams St., Gary, Indiana, 1997.*

*1239 S Racine Ave., ABLA ext., Chicago Housing Authority, 16th floor, Chicago, Illinois, 1989.*

*Carrie and Archie after church on Sunday, Malcolm X Blvd. and W 125th St., Harlem, New York, 2007.*

*Calvin Earle, 11th St. and Linden St., Camden, New Jersey, 1984.*

View additional photos by Vergara showing ordinary people in African American communities. All of the photos are from the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

All of the photos in this guide are from the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Camilo J. Vergara's photographs are used by permission of the photographer. For information on permissions and credit line, see the Camilo José Vergara Rights and Restrictions information page.

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Photos of Everyday People