Background
Douglas, Lydia Ann was born on July 6, 1959 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Julius Isaac and Anna Mae Douglas.
Douglas, Lydia Ann was born on July 6, 1959 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Julius Isaac and Anna Mae Douglas.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1984. Master of Fine Arts, Howard University, Washington, 1997.
Assistant gallery director University Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1984—1985. Photographer and lab technical Yale University, New Haven, 1990—1991. Photographer Fairfield County Advocate, Wesport, 1991—1992.
Teacher Educational Center Arts and Betsy Ross Magnet School, New Haven, 1991—1994. Graduate teaching assistant film history Georgetown University, Washington, 1996—1997. Adjunct professor photography Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, Maryland, since 1997.
Substitute teacher Montgomery County Schools, Rockville, since 1998. Professor photography Howard University, Washington, 2001. Producer Peazy Head Production.
Video production teacher For the Love of Children, Washington, 1997—1998. Camp photographer, film teacher Green Acres Day Camp, Rockville, Maryland, 2002.
Author: Reparations: The Qualifying Exam, 2004. Cinematographer: (films) Nappy, 1997 (Best Documentary, Jamerican Film Festival, Jamaica, 1999, Honorary Mention, Rosebud Film and Video Competition, 1998). Producer: (multimedia presentation) Sista, Sista.Photographer (exhibitions) Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 2000, American's Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, 2000, Kansas City Jazz Museum, 2001, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2001, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, 2001, Hood Museum Art, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2002, (also in books and periodicals).
Member of Foto Craft.