Joseph Young Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents

Joseph Young photographs date from the early 2000s to 2016 and measure 0.58 linear feet. Mr. Young's images capture the changing neighborhoods of Washington, DC. and represent meaningful documentation of the impact of gentrification from the perspective of a longtime DC resident. The collection includes photographic prints and their corresponding digital file; as well as newspapers and magazines featuring Young's photographs.

Scope and Contents

Joseph Young photographs date from the early 2000s to 2016 and measure 0.58 linear feet. Mr. Young's images capture the changing neighborhoods of Washington, DC. and represent meaningful documentation of the impact of gentrification from the perspective of a longtime DC resident. The collection includes photographic prints and their corresponding digital file; as well as newspapers and magazines featuring Young's photographs.

Biographical / Historical

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1956 Joseph Young's interest in photography started in the 1970s. He earned a BA in art from the University of the District of Columbia with a focus on photography, as well as a BA in English. While working as a reporter for the Washington Informer in 2006, Young's photograph hobby evolved into a passion for documenting the neighborhood changes he noticed around him. His images have appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Washington Times, Washington Afro Newspaper, and Washington Informer. Mr. Young was also a grantee of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for his photography series about the homeless in the nation's capital. His photography has been included in a group show at the Gallery O on H in Washington, DC, Gallery 42 at the University of the District of Columbia, and the Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman Theater at American University.