I’m not a professional photographer, but a serious amateur trying to find my perspective…
During Lexington, Kentucky’s recent Roots & Heritage Festival, a drum circle forms in the Lyric, a segregationist-era theater. A leading entertainment center in the African-American community, the Lyric hosted first-run films, black films and entertainers like The Temptations, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, and Redd Foxx. The Lyric’s decline began with the integration of Lexington’s other theaters and it closed in 1963. Having sat unused and in disrepair since then, it is now undergoing renovation as a museum and cultural center.
This shot is from the lobby looking through a window into the main auditorium.
