Editing Pogus Caesar

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| name             = Pogus Caesar
| birth_date       = 1953
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| known_for        = Photography and curation
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'''Pogus Caesar''' (born 1953)<ref name=":0">[http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=1114&table=artists "Pogus Caesar"], ''Diaspora Artists''.</ref> is a British artist, archivist, author, curator, television producer and director. He was born in [[St Kitts]], [[West Indies]], and grew up in [[Birmingham]], England.

== Early life ==
Caesar was born on the Caribbean island of [[Saint Kitts]]. At an early age, he moved to [[Birmingham]], England.

== Career ==
Caesar has personally exhibited and curated numerous exhibitions on photography. <ref name=":0" />

During the early 1980s, Caesar was appointed director of the West Midlands Minority Arts Service. He was the first chairman of Birmingham International Film & Television Festival.<ref name="Birm Post May08">{{cite news |last=Shannon |first=Roger |date=8 May 2008 |title=Life through a lens with Pogus Caesar |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/05/08/life-through-a-lens-with-pogus-caesar-65233-20881116/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906130141/http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/postfeatures/2008/05/08/life-through-a-lens-with-pogus-caesar-65233-20881116/ |archive-date=6 September 2008 |accessdate=8 August 2012 |newspaper=Birmingham Post}}</ref>

As a photographer and artist, Caesar has worked in Spain, India, South America, Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, Albania, and Jamaica, documenting diverse communities. Caesar's artwork and photographs have been acquired by the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Pogus Caesar - Person - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp163351 |website=National Portrait Gallery, London |accessdate=20 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2022, Caesar was named in CasildART's list of the top six Black British photographers, including [[Charlie Phillips (photographer)|Charlie Phillips]], [[Armet Francis]], [[Neil Kenlock]] and [[James Barnor]].<ref>{{cite web |date=7 February 2022 |title=Top Six Black British Photographers You Should Know |url=https://casildart.com/blog/top-six-black-british-photographers-you-should-know |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002201458/https://casildart.com/blog/top-six-black-british-photographers-you-should-know |archive-date=2 October 2022 |access-date=16 April 2022 |website=CasildART}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://economicinjustice.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pogus_Caesar_SHUTTER_SPEED.pdf "SHUTTER SPEED: An interview with Dr Pogus Caesar"]
* [https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/photographers-in-focus/photographer-in-focus-pogus-caesar "Photographer in Focus: Pogus Caesar"], National Portrait gallery
* Liz Aubrey, [https://www.buildhollywood.co.uk/features/pogus-caesar-photography/ "Poggus Caesar2], ''BuildHollywood'', 9-6-2021
* [https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=pogus%20caesar Pogus Caesar] at V&A
* [https://www.martinparrfoundation.org/prints/pogus-caesar-handsworth-riots-1985/ "Pogus Caesar: Handsworth Riots 1985], Martin Parr foundation
* [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/apr/29/drinkers-and-dreamers-martin-parrs-favourite-images-of-postwar-britain-in-pictures "Drinkers and dreamers: Martin Parr's favourite images of postwar Britain and Ireland – in pictures"], ''The Guardian'', 29 April 2021
* Emalee Beddoes-Davis, [https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/blog/posts/artist-in-focus-pogus-caesar "Artist in Focus: Pogus Caesar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719083426/https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/blog/posts/artist-in-focus-pogus-caesar |date=19 July 2021 }}, Birmingham Museums, 27 April 2020
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/your_community/2004/10/pogus_caesar.shtml "Behind The Lens Of Pogus Caesar"], BBC TV
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=65193&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=260 The Pogus Caesar / OOM Gallery Archive] at Birmingham City Archives, United Kingdom
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