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Ron Tarver Figurative Photography

American, b. 1957
Ron Tarver is a professor of Studio Art specializing in Photography at Swarthmore College. He served as staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 32 years, and his work has appeared in National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, published by Harper Collins in 2004, which was accompanied by a traveling exhibition. Tarver shares a 2012 Pulitzer Prize at the Inquirer for his work on a series documenting school violence in the Philadelphia public school system, and was nominated for a second Pulitzer in 2013 for a series exploring dog-training programs in prisons. A recipient of the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts, he has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, as well as an Independence Foundation Fellowship. He was named one of the Delaware Valley's "50 Rising Stars in the Arts" by Seven Arts Magazine and is a Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellow. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in over 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions and is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Oklahoma Museum of History, and the National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Tarver offers private photography instruction, workshops, and photo excursions through his company, Photo-Ops.
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Artist: Ron Tarver
The Basketball Game: Black African American urban cowboys in Philadelphia
The Basketball Game: Black African American urban cowboys in Philadelphia

The Basketball Game: Black African American urban cowboys in Philadelphia

By Ron Tarver

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This photograph of a Black African American cowboy in the urban city of Philadelphia pictured with the city's iconic Fletcher Street Urban Riders is part of artist Ron Tarver's long...

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2010s Realist Ron Tarver Figurative Photography

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Ride By North Philly Rows: Black African American urban cowboy in Philadelphia
Ride By North Philly Rows: Black African American urban cowboy in Philadelphia

Ride By North Philly Rows: Black African American urban cowboy in Philadelphia

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Double Dutch #37: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
Double Dutch #37: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

Double Dutch #37: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

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Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...

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1980s Realist Ron Tarver Figurative Photography

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Archival Pigment

Double Dutch #16: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
Double Dutch #16: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

Double Dutch #16: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

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This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...

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2010s Realist Ron Tarver Figurative Photography

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Double Dutch #11: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
Double Dutch #11: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

Double Dutch #11: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

By Ron Tarver

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Egrets in Flight: black & white photograph, silhouette of birds & trees in sky
Egrets in Flight: black & white photograph, silhouette of birds & trees in sky

Egrets in Flight: black & white photograph, silhouette of birds & trees in sky

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Double Dutch #3: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
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Double Dutch #3: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city

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