Patric McCoy’s photos, they’re worth a lifetime. An environmental scientist by trade, the Chicago-born and raised photographer came from a family of photographers and art collectors.
One could say it’s in his blood. McCoy continues to collect contemporary Black art, a passion he has pursued for 50 years. He has amassed 1,300 pieces of fine art, with 90% of them created by Chicago’s artistic community.
In 2003, McCoy co-founded the nonprofit Diasporal Rhythms, an arts organization that promotes the collection of art from the African diaspora.
Now retired from his work at Chicago’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) Regional Office, McCoy continues collecting art, as well as producing it.