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Louie Favorite photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS479

Scope and Contents

This collection contains images that Louie Favorite took during his time as a photojournalist for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. The bulk of the collection contains negatives, with the addition of slides and photographic prints from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. Approximately half of the images include sporting events for the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, and the Atlanta Hawks and athletes such as Atlanta Braves player Hank Aaron and Atlanta Falcons player LeRoy Irvin.

Additionally, there are images of Georgia politicians including Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, and Buddy Darden, as well as international political figures like President Francois Mitterrand of France and Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. Also included in the collection are ballet productions such as "Giselle," and "The Nutcracker," as well as ballerinas such as Prima Ballerina Maniya Barredo; theater productions in Atlanta such as "The Wiz" and "Macbeth”; filming in Georgia for Cannonball Run and Breaking Away. Additionally, there are photographs documenting Chattahoochee River pollution; Atlanta Murders of 1979-1981; burlesque dancer Tami Roche; Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) tunnel construction; Queer Family Picnic and protest at Marietta Square; and the Peachtree Road Race.

There are additional non-visual materials throughout the collection to retain contextual information such Atlanta Journal-Constitution photograph assignment sheets, event programs, business cards, and identifying information for individuals in the images. All photographs in this collection were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise noted.

Dates

  • 1977-2001, undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Biographical / Historical

Louis “Louie” Roosevelt Favorite Jr., was born on June 27, 1950, to Annie Laura Lowery Favorite (1934- ) and Louis Roosevelt Favorite, Sr. (1933-1998), in Pensacola, Florida. He graduated from Pensacola High School in 1968. He married Victoria "Vicky" Meadows Favorite (1953- ) in Barnesville, Georgia in 1989. They have one daughter together, Celia Katherine Favorite (1991- ). Favorite was a staff photographer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution starting in 1977, and in 1984 he became a staff photographer for the St. Petersburg Times. He returned to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1985 until 2009 when he started his own private photography business, Louie Favorite Photography. He was also an assistant editor and contributor for the book “Can You See Me?” Images of Atlanta’s Homeless.

Extent

34,724 image(s) (19,459 color negatives, 15,184 black and white negatives, 134 color slides, eight black and white photographic prints, and six color photographic prints)

Language

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff. Control numbers are intentionally out of order to maintain alphabetical order.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

All of the items are located in cold storage (CS) as indicated in the descriptive inventory. Patrons must allow 24 hours after retrieval of cold storage item(s) before viewing material.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Some of the images in this collection have been digitized and are available at: https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll51

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2015

Bias in Description

As archivists, we acknowledge our role as stewards of information. We choose how individuals and organizations are represented and described in our archives. We are not neutral, and bias is reflected in our descriptions, which may not accurately convey the racist or offensive aspects of collection materials. Archivists make mistakes and might use poor judgment. In working with this collection, we often re-use language used by the former owners of the material. This language provides context but often includes bias and prejudices reflective of the time in which it was created. The Kenan Research Center’s work is ongoing to implement reparative language where Library of Congress subject terms are inaccurate and obsolete.

Kenan Research Center welcomes feedback and questions regarding our archival descriptions. If you encounter harmful, offensive, or insensitive terminology or descriptions, please let us know by emailing reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. Your comments are essential to our work to create inclusive and thoughtful description.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2026.

Title
Louie Favorite photographs
Subtitle
ahc.VIS479
Author
Caitlin Marshall
Date
April 2026
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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