Cornelius Washington

San Francisco

Photojournalist and Contributing Writer at Bay Area Reporter

Photojournalist, Bay Area Reporter

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Articles

'Mel Odom: Gorgeous!' - Luminary artist's works collected in a new book

Aug 5, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

Some artists use time-honored fine art techniques to sell commercial products. However, illustrator par excellence Mel Odom used his formidable painstaking talents to introduce to the world the emerging gay culture of the 1970s.
'Karma' - Boy George tells all

Jul 22, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

One of the primary prerequisites of being a true star is that the general public never grows tired of seeing or hearing you. Boy George's "Karma: My Autobiography" (Blink Publishing) proves to be the standard by being sterling. As the front man of the New Romantics group Culture Club, his pen, voice, and beautifully surreal appearance were instrumental in selling millions of records worldwide.
LZ Love's 'From The Rooter to The Tooter' - a transgender life of love & music

Apr 1, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

The last fifteen years has seen astonishing advancements for the transgender and gender-fluid communities, particularly in art and entertainment, where elements of performance such as style, vocal intonation, lyrics, cosmetics, hair and staging have all been par for the course. Audiences pay great sums of money to be entertained by glamorous beings who serve an ambisexual allure and an androgenous presentation.
'God Made My Face' - James Baldwin tribute book honors the writer in essays and art

Feb 26, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

"God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin" is a delicious assemblage of interviews, essays and works of art by talented and learned intellectuals and artists. The book is so lovingly done, leaving one not only breathless, but also avid to learn more about not only Baldwin's art, but him as a person, lamenting his untimely death in 1987 at the age of 63. James Arthur Baldwin is, quite simply, immortal.
Kayla Farrish's 'Put Away the Fire, dear' reclaims Black cinematic depiction

Feb 5, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

In San Francisco, the city often used a setting in film noir, a new reinterpretation of Black people in cinema will be explored in Kayla Farrish's "Put Away the Fire, dear," an evening-length work that addresses the evil endeavors of casting people of color for the silver screen.
'Mouf//Full' - Oysterknife's spiritul exploration at Grace Cathedral

Jan 1, 2024 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

The Bay Area's hottest live performance from the Black queer community for African-American History Month is Oysterknife's "Mouf//Full," Friday, February 2 through 4 at the venerable Grace Cathedral. The series blends song, dance and visual design in a three-day performance event that honors Black faith across diaspora, secular and institutional, indigenous and inherited.
'Sylvester Sings' - Dark Entries Records releases private tracks of the disco icon

Jul 31, 2023 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

Sylvester is immortal, all over the world, still very much revered as the shining example of a Black gay man who recognized his purpose as an artist and representative of LGBTQ culture. A new collection of recordings shares rare tracks from his. Early career. Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, to a large family headed by his mother, he received his formal musical training in the gospel church his family attended.
Divas defined: Black Music Archive explains singing styles

Jun 12, 2023 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

In the original definition of 'diva,' she is described as a classical opera singer, usually a soprano. In that culture we see her onstage swathed in precise period costumes and/or tasteful gowns with sweeping trains and coats performing in grand hallowed halls. In the worlds of pop, soul, R&B, hip hop, and rap, the definition of a diva suggests complete worlds of difference.
Sampson McCormick: comic edge & heartfelt wit

Apr 17, 2023 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

Cornelius Washington: Let's start of with the obvious. When did you realize you were funny beyond what one sees from Black queer men? Sampson McCormick: When I was in Pre-Kindergarten, I would imitate the pastors at church and I would mock the awful lunches at school. Who are your heroes in comedy? Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx, George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Mooney; you know, the legends. I recently wrote an article on him, which was an honor for me. He is a Black cultural icon.
'Little Richard: I Am Everything' - documentary of the rock music icon tells all

Apr 9, 2023 | ebar.com | Cornelius Washington

Some people, regardless of sexual orientation, saw Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world as Little Richard, as a frankly effeminate, bizarre character. However the fact that he shouted from the rooftops loudly and repeatedly that he was the architect of the American music genre rock and roll has always been in varying degrees amusing to annoying.