
Wallace Kirkland
Clip: 9/1/2014 | 5m 8s
Photographer Wallace Kirkland was a late bloomer who started his career as a social worker
The photographer Wallace Kirkland was a late bloomer who started his career as a social worker at the Hull House settlement in Chicago. He took a winding path in an artistic career that led him from Jamaica to India and around the world – all the while photographing Chicago people and places.
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Wallace Kirkland
Clip: 9/1/2014 | 5m 8s
The photographer Wallace Kirkland was a late bloomer who started his career as a social worker at the Hull House settlement in Chicago. He took a winding path in an artistic career that led him from Jamaica to India and around the world – all the while photographing Chicago people and places.
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