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Westside Action Group (WAG) Honors Longtime, Community Photographer, John Coleman
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5372 left to right, Beverly Jones Wright, retired S B County Public Health; John Coleman, the People's Photographer; Wallace Allen, former WAG President; Stan Amari Futch, immediate past WAG President and Kathy Irvin, retired CSUSB Dean
SAN BERNARDINO, CA--- The Westside Action Group (WAG) recently honored long- time community photographer, Joh Coleman. Redlands resident John Coleman has been photographing African Americans in Redlands and nearby cities since the 1980s.
Coleman began photographing African Amer- icans to show them in a positive light as they go about their daily lives. Now retired from a career in administration and admissions University of California at Riverside, Coleman continues to take pictures.
"The African American community is an in- terest I have that the camera has given me an ability to express," Coleman said. "Most pic- tures in the media of people of color are nega- tive, and I want to show the African American community as they live and in a positive way. I just record people living life, show what they are doing."
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He began photographing personal events and now photographs others' family gatherings, public events, fundraisers. He considers his photography a volunteer effort, as he donates his services to the event and sends the pictures to those involved. Coleman also sends his pho- tos for local African American papers, so they may be published.