Donald Camp

Camp's unique printing methods are based on early 19th Century non-silver photographic processes. Early in his career Camp worked as a photojournalist for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and the Sunday Bulletin. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (PABJ). In 1990 Camp began his photographic series Dust Shaped Hearts, large photographic prints created with raw earth pigment and casein. The portrait series began with images of Black men and has expanded to include women and other races. In 1995 Camp was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work has been collected by the Delaware Art Museum, the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American-Art, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Camp currently lives and works in Philadelphia. Camp's work was featured in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.

Donald Camp studied at Philadelphia College of Art and Tyler School of Art. Training under William Larson is recorded. Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia. Employment is recorded with Ursinus College and Temple University. Work by Donald Camp is recorded in the collections of Philadelphia Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and Pew Fellowship in the Arts.

• Name — Donald E. Camp • Born — 1940 • Birthplace — Meadville, Pennsylvania • Occupation — Photographer and educator