“I still love the darkroom. I print every other day. At least every week I’m in the darkroom, printing. It’s a process and people ask “Why not switch to digital?" It’s not the same: the feel isn’t there. In the darkroom you have complete control: you are the master of what you’re doing and how you develop it and how you bring it up.”
~ Earlie Hudnall Jr
Earlie Hudnall, Jr. graduated from Texas Southern University in Houston in 1968 after serving two years in the Marines during the Vietnam War. While pursuing his degree in Art Education, he was mentored by artist John Biggers. In the 1970s, under Dr. Thomas Freeman’s direction, Hudnall joined the Model Cities Program and extensively documented Houston’s African American neighborhoods. His striking photographs are held in major museum and private collections, including the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In 2012, his work was featured in the Smithsonian-organized traveling exhibition African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond. Hudnall currently serves as the university photographer for Texas Southern University.
