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Title: Jack Van Camp Photographs, 1994-2001

ID: 26/20/195

Creator: Van Camp, Jack (1953-)

Extent: 0.1 cubic feet

Date Acquired: 07/22/2014

Languages: English [eng]

Consists of black and white photographs taken by Jack Van Camp of blues and gospel musicians performing at music venues in Champaign, IL, including The Blind Pig and The High Dive.  Photographed performers include the Blind Boys of Alabama, Lonnie Brooks, Robert Lockwood Junior, and the Mighty Blues Kings.

Jack Van Camp (1953-) from Danville, IL has been a photographer since the 1970s. Initially a nature photographer who was also an avid blues fan, Van Camp began taking his camera to blues shows in the Champaign, IL area in the mid-1990s. Influenced by jazz photographer Herman Leonard, he shot in a similar style but used 35mm film and natural light as opposed to the staging and artifical lighting often used by Leonard.

Van Camp often collaborated with Dave Nolan while shooting blues shows in the area, as well as on two blues photography exhibits. Nolan is an experienced, self-taught photographer who has held several gallery shows throughout the state.

Access Restrictions: no restrictions.

Acquisition Source: Jack Van Camp

Acquisition Method: gift.