Emmanuel Francis Joseph Signed 1930 African American Black Photographer Oakland

DETAILS: Original hand signed gelatin silver photograph by noted African American photographer Emmanuel Francis E. Bottom right corner of photograph is signed "Joseph Photo" in ink by the gifted photographer. Verso is triple stamped and includes his home studio stamp. Measures 8" x 10" inches.

Born on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Joseph later moved to the United States and attended the American School of Photography in Chicago. After graduation in 1924, Joseph moved to Oakland, California, where he operated a photography studio from home and began documenting life in the vibrant African American community in that existed in Central California. Starting in the early 1930s, he also working as a photojournalist for numerous Bay Area newspapers, including the California Voice, The Oakland Post, San Francisco Examiner.

Joseph and his wife, Alyce, who assisted him, were especially active in the East Bay's African American community. Original works by the photographer are especially hard to find. Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte des visites and other types of early photography.

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