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Eliot Elisofon was an internationally known photographer and filmmaker whose enduring visual record of African life from 1947 to 1972 was published in magazines such as Life and the National Geographic. As a filmmaker, he worked on film and television projects including the Black African Heritage Series (1972), a four-part documentary on African arts and cultures. Elisofon's association with the National Museum of African Art began as a founding trustee in 1964. Upon his death in 1973, Elisofon donated his African-materials to the museum, including over 50,000 black-and-white negatives and photographs, 30,000 color slides, and 120,000 feet of motion picture film and sound materials. The bequest became the foundation for the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. Since 1973, the archives holdings have grown to include over 180,000 slides and color transparencies and 80,000 black-and-white photographs. In addition to the collection of Eliot Elisofon, major collections include over 5,000 black-and-white photographs taken by Constance Stuart Larrabee in South Africa between 1936 and 1983, over 10,000 slides depicting Yoruba art and culture by Henry Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal, and a historical collection of over 13,000 postcards. Special collections include late 19th- and early 20th- century photographic albums with significant anthropological and historical research value.
All requests for permission to use images must be submitted in writing and are subject to approval. Fees are charged for one-time usage and pre-payment is required on all photographic orders. Checks or money orders should be made out to the "National Museum of African Art." To request images or an invoice for photo services, please fill out a photo order form (Adobe Acrobat PDF) and mail to the P.O. box listed below. Please allow 4-6 weeks to process your request once payment has been received. If you would like to request images or schedule an appointment, please contact us at: Contact information Open by appointment, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. -- 4 p.m.Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives Location National Museum of African Art950 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20560 Top Bottom
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The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives is a research and reference center devoted to the collection, preservation and dissemination of visual materials that encourage and support the study of the arts, cultures and history of Africa. The archives collections contain approximately 300,000 items, including rare collections of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, postcards, maps and engravings. The Archives staff works with art historians, anthropologists, photographers, filmmakers and other specialists in acquiring and preserving these visual resources.
Records of the collections of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives are accessible online through SIRIS, the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. To search for catalogue records and electronic resources click on 
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