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Allen T. Gilmore Bio Allan T. Gilmore, a native of Washington, D.C., was educated at the Armstrong Technical School and, after graduating, joined the United States Navy. While aboard the U.S.S. Compton, Allan bought his first 35-mm camera and contributed photographs of port cities to the ship’s Mediterranean Cruise Book. After leaving the Navy, Allan returned to Washington, married, had three children, Valerie, Allan, and Chevetta, and worked for ten years in the capital as a barber in the United States Senate Office Building. With his family, Allan relocated to Ohio, where he opened his own barbershop, and took photography classes at the University of Toledo. Deciding to take a serious interest in photography, Allan also became a free-lance professional photographer. Allan married his present wife and moved with her to Nairobi, Kenya, where their daughter, Berda, was born. On safari, Allan photographed the towns and game parks of Kenya and Tanzania. When they returned to the United States, the Gilmores settled in Houston, Texas. Allan was employed at Rice University, where he enrolled in photography classes, became the photographer for the Rice Women’s Tennis Team and Rice intramural publications. He also resumed his free-lance photography work, provided the photographic illustrations for the book Is Your Aerobics Class Killing You?, and served as photographer for former U.S. Congressman Craig Washington. Allan’s Mothers’ Day photograph won an award from The Houston Chronicle. Allan and his family came to New York City in 1993, where he works as Manager of Visitors’ Services at the International Center of Photography and continues to take photography classes. Allan has provided photographs for playwright Edward Albee, Actors Equity (for which he also has worked for the past six years as the Black History Month photographer), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the American Guild of Musical Artists, the Screen Actors Guild, and Newsday, in its feature on the “Soup Man.” Allan has three grandchildren. For addition information about the photographer or specific pieces, please call (212) 543-2466 or (917) 531-1400 |
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