SCAA is honored to present this exhibit at the North Cobb Regional Library to reintroduce SCAA member artist Johnny Crawford and his Vietnam Black Soldiers Portrait Project with its continued mission to educate present and future Americans about the Black Soldiers in their community.

Exhibit will be displayed February 4 until April 5 with a reception open to the public during Black History month on February 22 from 2-4pm.

Johnny Crawford is the Vietnam Black Soldiers Portrait Project’s founder, director, visual storyteller, and educator in Atlanta, Georgia. For 45 years, he has documented the human spirit in 45 states and four continents.

He taught photography at Grady High School, Marietta City Schools Adult Education Program, Clark Atlanta University, University of Georgia, and Mercer University in Macon, GA. In 2017, he was the Artist -In – Residence at Middle Georgia State University and the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia. While at the Tubman Museum, he produced the museum’s first permanent series of black & white portraits entitled “Leading the Way -Macon Trailblazers and Activists.”

He was an award-winning staff photographer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) for over 28 years. During his tenure at the AJC, he photographed the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; the 2004 G8 Summit of World Leaders; the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA; the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway; Nelson Mandela’s 1990 U.S. Tour; and five U.S. Presidents.

Johnny has an M.A. in Photojournalism from Ohio University and degrees in Psychology and Public Relations from Morehouse College. He’s a member of Cascade United Methodist Church and Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral.  He is married to Jacqueline Crawford, and they have three adult sons.

A compelling photography exhibit.  More about this project at  https://vietnamblacksoldiersportraitproject.com/