This 2004 article has been updated to include a 2015 photo of Sylvester Francis - Ed.

Sylvester Francis never planned to head a museum and considers himself a cameraman rather than a photographer. Yet his love of this city’s black street culture, which has been central to his life since childhood, directed his destiny. His involvement finally led to his opening the Backstreet Cultural Museum in December 1999. The singular gallery, dedicated to New Or...