Photographers of Color Links #44

Aaron Turner

14 min readJun 16, 2020

May 2020

Opinion | Where Are the Photos of People Dying of Covid?

Opinion In times of crisis, stark images of sacrifice or consequence have often moved masses to act. Filled coffins at…

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ZORA J MURFF - NO STRANGERS IN CRIT

Zora J Murff is an artist and professor living in Arkansas.

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‎Photographers of Color Podcast on Apple Podcasts

‎The Center for Photographers of Color - seeks to promote the advancement of emerging and under-represented artists of…

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20 photographers capturing the beauty of modern Africa to follow in 2020

If there's one thing, and one thing only, that productivity vortex Instagram is good for, it's finding incredible…

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Paul Mpagi Sepuya on capturing the space between portraits

For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work. This was…

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Carrie Mae Weems: correcting art's past and funding its future

Whether it's a big ticket affair in a white marquee or an urban art show in a grungy warehouse, one of the primary…

www.ft.com

The Politics of Sight: Sadie Barnette Interviewed by Emily Zimmerman - BOMB Magazine

Sadie Barnette's installation Room to Live, on view at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle as part of In Plain Sight …

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Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis

Thomas's Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what's expected in an…

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Blackness, Images & the Space Between - Sixty Inches From Center

A conversation with Milwaukee based fine artist Nick Drain and Genesis Gallery owner, artist, and organizer Randy…

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Helping Black Artists, But at What Price?

Howardena Pindell's lawsuit accuses a gallery of taking advantage of artists. Other painters say the gallery skipped…

www.nytimes.com

Wendel A. White: Manifest

Artist Wendel A. White has a new series of photographs dealing with the fraught history of African-Americans, called…

www.stateoftheartsnj.com

A new Mapplethorpe? The queer zine legend reinventing the nude

n the autumn of 2001, Paul Mpagi Sepuya was an art student living in downtown New York. He'd just started his second…

www.theguardian.com

Out Side In: In His Arresting Work, Lyle Ashton Harris Looks to the Recent Past for New Ways…

The video opens in a dimly lit bedroom. A voice offscreen begins to speak. "Sometimes, I feel, I guess, deprived. I…

www.artnews.com

African Cosmologies - Photography, Time, and the Other

BC1-ND-FC: By and by, I Will Carry this Burden of Hope, till the Laments of my Newborn is Heard #2, 2017. From the…

www.bjp-online.com

Akasha Rabut, Death Magick Abundance - Collector Daily

JTF (just the facts): Published by Anthology Editions in 2020 ( ). Hardcover, 216 pages, with 169 color reproductions…

collectordaily.com

The Rediscovered African American Last Supper Sculpture Will Stay in DC | Washingtonian (DC)

Last fall, a demolition crew working on the new home of Studio Acting Conservatory in Columbia Heights made a startling…

www.washingtonian.com

Focus On Endia Beal

We all perform different versions of ourselves in our day to day lives, but some are asked to perform, or rather…

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Lorna Simpson Shows New Work in 'Give Me Some Moments' for Hauser & Wirth

If you've found it difficult to create new work during a global pandemic, you're in good company. "The first month was…

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A photographer documents cultural conflicts in virtual show 'On Contested Terrain'

A retrospective of photographs by An-My Lê shows the cultural conflicts roiling America while the nation tries to…

www.post-gazette.com

An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain - Carnegie Museum of Art

An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain is the first comprehensive survey of the politically charged work of photographer An-My…

cmoa.org

Ever-Present Presence

Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez, D'Angelo Lovell Williams, and Hannah Bates explore present realities, recent histories…

acreresidency.org

Lorna Simpson Give Me Some Moments - Hauser & Wirth

Lorna Simpson Give Me Some Moments Since the beginning of her practice Simpson has used her work to suggest or point to…

www.vip-hauserwirth.com

Kalen Na'il Roach | 1000 Words

ooking at Kalen Na'il Roach's images is an engaging and intriguing experience. At first, they appear like humble bits…

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No Income. Major Medical Bills. What Life Is Like for Millions of Americans Facing Financial Ruin…

On the same day that Elon Musk, the famously eccentric CEO of the electric-car company Tesla, saw his net worth hit…

time.com

Virtual Book Discussion with Lee Bey, author of Southern Exposure

Eventbrite - Northwestern University Press presents Virtual Book Discussion with Lee Bey, author of Southern Exposure …

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An oral history of the Black Film and Video Network | CBC Arts

The late '80s and early '90s were a truly exciting time for Black film around the world. In the United States…

www.cbc.ca

A global look inside a Ramadan dampened by coronavirus

Every year during Ramadan, Tarik Haque, a Bangladeshi army veteran who lives in Chicago, looks forward to breaking his…

www.nationalgeographic.com

Taking Note: Protests in N.Y.C.

The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis has sparked mass protests against racism and police brutality…

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Photography Master: P.H. Polk | Dodge & Burn: Decolonizing Photography History

Prentice Herman "P.H." Polk (1898-1985) is not a name you'd hear in a typical Photo History class or lecture but I…

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Rashid Johnson: 'Anxiety is part of my life. It's something that people of color don't really…

Written by Rashid Johnson Rashid Johnson's online exhibition of "Untitled Anxious Red Drawings" can be viewed here…

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The photographer Lorna Simpson on how Covid-19 has revealed the ongoing segregation of America

Lorna Simpson, the 59-year-old African American photographer renowned for her collaged depictions of the black female…

www.theartnewspaper.com

See Titus Kaphar's Paintings About Black Motherhood

Titus Kaphar loves art history, but he takes from the canon what he wants and turns it toward his own ends. The…

www.vulture.com

Lorna Simpson: 'There are days when I cry four times for an hour'

Lorna Simpson is holed up in Los Angeles with her actor daughter right now. She's been spending lockdown doing one of…

www.theguardian.com

At This Museum, Education Staff Prove More Vital Than Ever During Pandemic

While museums across the country have chosen to lay off or furlough educators, at the Asian Art Museum the education…

hyperallergic.com

Emmazed - Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. & Gioncarlo Valentine

Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. is a New York-based photographer whose work examines blackness as a subject and focuses on…

emmazed.com

Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco Raised $450,000+ in Online Benefit Auction, Helping to…

MoAD Executive Director Monetta White reported results of online benefit auction in video message to supporters…

www.culturetype.com

Tyler Mitchell, Photographer Behind Beyonce's Vogue Cover, Signs With UTA

The photographer behind Beyonce's September 2018 Vogue cover, Tyler Mitchell, has signed with UTA. The 25-year-old…

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A Photographic Life - 101: Plus Andrew Jackson - A Photographic Life

In episode 101 UNP founder and curator Grant Scot...

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Inside historic black bookstores' fight for survival against the COVID-19 pandemic

OAKLAND, Calif. - Inside Marcus Books, the nation's oldest black-owned bookstore, no one lingers anymore over shelves…

www.usatoday.com

African Cosmologies: Photography, Time and the Other

Faisal Abdu'Allah (UK), Akinbode Akinbiyi (Nigeria/UK), Hélène A. Amouzou (Togo/Belgium), Sammy Baloji (Congo/Belgium)…

autograph.org.uk

Don't look now: the artists who turn their backs on the world

Making art is not enough. Today, artists are expected to promote themselves. They have to rub shoulders with…

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Online exhibition: The Black Vanguard

These images, which were first shown at New York's Aperture Foundation, were curated by Antwaun Sargent. For those with…

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In Conversation with Dana Scruggs

SCRUGGS Magazine / Adonis Bosso / Stylist: Raytell Bridges. © Dana Scruggs. In a storytelling climate that continues to…

www.bjp-online.com

Selections for Aint-Bad's Southern Issue Raise Questions About Racial Exclusion - Burnaway

Earlier this year, Savannah-based independent publisher Aint-Bad released an open call for "photographs and essays from…

burnaway.org

Spike Lee Drops New Short Film, a 'Love Letter' to New York

Spike Lee has shared a "love letter" to New York in the face of the pandemic with New York New York, a three-minute…

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John Edmonds Channels the Spiritual Power of African Art into Compelling Portraits

For artist , the way that we choose to present ourselves when we step into the world each day speaks volumes. Through…

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Hank Willis Thomas Just Projected Writings by Prisoners Fearful of the Virus Onto Manhattan…

The artist Hank Willis Thomas is taking a stand on behalf of the world's incarcerated population, many of whom are…

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Traditional indigenous beliefs are a powerful tool for understanding the pandemic

"What are we going to do?" Jillene Joseph asked the board of the Native Wellness Institute. It wasn't a rhetorical…

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Frieze New York: After Winning Last Year's Stand Prize With Photographer Ming Smith, Jenkins…

"America Seen Through Stars and Stripes, New York City" (1976) by Ming Smith JENKINS JOHNSON GALLERY won the 2019 Stand…

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Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods Honors the Valor of Black Veterans

After a firefight, the Bloods found the gold and hid it at the site of a plane crash where Norman lost his life, and…

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Winners of $20,000 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Grants Revealed

The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation revealed the 20 contemporary artists receiving its 2019 Biennial Grants, which…

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Meet the winners of the Brooklyn Museum's portrait competition

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began many graduating art students have had to grapple with the fact that they can't…

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'I needed to do something': How Indigenous people are building solidarity

Activist Eryn Wise is living out of a camper van in New Mexico so she can organize the distribution of protective gear…

www.nationalgeographic.com

Louis Delsarte, a Muralist of the Black Experience, Dies at 75

His paintings and murals rendered the Harlem Renaissance, Martin Luther King Jr. and his Brooklyn neighbors in stunning…

www.nytimes.com

In a First, Auction House Devoted Solely to Black Art Is Launched by Indianapolis Dealer

Historically, there have been no auction houses in the United States devoted entirely to selling work by black…

www.artnews.com

Ghanaian Photographer Prince Gyasi: 'I Usually Tell Stories Through My iPhone Lens and With the Use…

TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLDS are obsessed with their iPhones the world over. In this respect, Prince Gyasi is no different…

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Galerie Galerie ッ - Fannie Sosa - A WHITE INSTITUTION'S GUIDE FOR WELCOMING ARTISTS OF COLOR* AND…

Black folks and people of color are out making culture, like we always have been since times immemorial. But white…

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In Dialogue: An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen - Carnegie Museum of Art: Storyboard

The dialogue below comes from a discussion between An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen that began on February 19, 2019 as…

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Ming Smith: 'I've always had to break boundaries'

In 1978, when Ming Smith took her portfolio to an open call at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the receptionist…

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The Power of the Image - The Black Shutter Podcast

Many Black photographers grapple with the disparities of opportunities within the photography industry. We are figuring…

blackshutterpodcast.com

Episode 7 - Michael A. McCoy - The Black Shutter Podcast

Michael A. McCoy, Baltimore native, photojournalist and Army veteran, discusses how he copes with PTSD and the…

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2021 Venice Biennale Postponed to 2022

Meanwhile, the Venice Biennale of Architecture has been postponed for the second time. The 59th edition of the Venice…

hyperallergic.com

Give Me Some Moments

Influential photographer Lorna Simpson brings African American identities to life in her new collages at Hauser and…

officemagazine.net

'I Have to Make Use of What Is at My Disposal.'

Jack Davison is a British photographer known for his black-and-white portraiture. He last photographed some of 2019's…

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Newly Minted Artists, Facing a Precarious Future, Take Action

How do you get discovered in a teetering art world? Graduating students organize shows with peers, team up with dealers…

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Jordan Casteel: Within Reach

If the works contain a commentary on representation, it is not in the vein of Las Meninas (1656)-whose art historical…

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For this Native community, photography has harmed-and healed

There's a myth in America that says Native American cultures are declining-where they haven't disappeared outright…

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Terry Adkins Conceived His Exhibitions as a Conversational Interplay Among Objects, Installations…

RIGOROUS, POETIC, AND HIGHLY ABSTRACT, the practice of Terry Adkins (1953-2014) is a nexus of art, music, and language…

www.culturetype.com

The Museum Does Not Exist

The museum is a place: a situated and permanent space to experience art. Its origins are as a "civilizing" enterprise…

www.ssense.com

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Is the First Major Art Institution in the US to Reopen. Here's…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will reopen this Saturday, making it the first major American art institution to do so…

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NADA Launches Profit-Sharing Virtual Fair to Help 200 Galleries During Pandemic

Following its partnership with the Kinkade Family Foundation, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) just launched a…

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How a Small Poet-Run Gallery in Harlem Set the Stage for Today's Art World

In recent years, artists of color have garnered growing attention for their work, which they have shown-and sold-more…

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Artist Kahlil Joseph's BLKNWS project is an antidote to a toxic news cycle

Last month, Sean "Diddy" Combs announced that he was launching a new platform called REVOLT BLACK NEWS. The music mogul…

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5Qs with Eric Seals; News Photographer COVID issue; Advocacy; EAW goes remote

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Spike Lee and the Battlefield of American History

With his new film, the peerless American filmmaker - self-isolating and reflective in New York - unsettles past and…

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Episodes

Episode No. 446 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists John Edmonds and Tamara Johnson. This month the…

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These Photos Capture the Lives of African American Soldiers Who Served During World War II

Teenie Harris knew everyone, and everyone knew him. From the 1930s to the 1970s, Charles "Teenie" Harris worked as a…

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Black Mary - A Film by Kahlil Joseph | Tate

Kahlil Joseph directs Black Mary film on Roy Decarava with music by Alice Smith

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Emma Amos (1937-2020)

Emma Amos, a pioneering artist best-known for her vivid figurative paintings exploring gender, race, and power through…

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Artist Relief

Shan Wallace, a 29-year-old photographer who documents the lives of Baltimore natives like herself, creates her art by…

www.philanthropyroundtable.org

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards Nearly $3 Million in Grants to Artists and Nonprofits

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation has awarded $2.8 million to 121 artists and not-for-profit organizations. Among this…

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Meet the Iowa Architect Documenting Every Slave House Still Standing

The current residents of the historic Mount Zion home in Warren County, Virginia, were rifling through the attic of…

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Emma Amos, 83, a Dynamic Painter, Masterful Colorist, and Member of Spiral Collective, Has Died

A PIONEERING ARTIST who made captivating, poignant, and culturally insightful works, Emma Amos (1937-2020) has died…

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Book Review: "Marking Time" - Documenting the Visual Arts in American Prisons - The Arts Fuse

Marking Time explores how the creation of art in prison can disrupt institutionalized patterns of dehumanization. The…

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Emma Amos, Imaginative Painter Who Attacked Racism Through Figuration, Is Dead at 83

Emma Amos, a figurative painter whose visually seductive art stared down racism and privilege, has died at 83. Her…

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Culture Persists Podcast #3: Antwaun Sargent

SLEEK's editor-in-chief Grace Banks spoke with critic and curator of The New Black Vanguard Antwaun Sargent from his…

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WELANCORA GALLERY

VISIT OUR ONLINE VIEWING ROOM TO EXPLORE OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION, HOW DID YOU GET THIS?: THE SPACES WE INHABIT. THE…

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Black 14 | Topic

Directed by Darius Clark Monroe and executive produced by Spike Lee, this documentary short tells the story of what…

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The Tate Modern exhibition on LGBT+ black beauty that you'll get to see when lockdown ends

For nearly two decades, acclaimed photographer Zanele Muholi has painstakingly documented the lives of South Africa 's…

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An Ethiopian Gallery Enriches a Global Art Conversation

With a trip to the Untitled fair in Miami, Addis Fine Art adds to the connections it's building between Ethiopian…

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Q&A: Nick Drain - Strange Fire

By Zora J Murff | May 21, 2020 Nick Drain is a fine artist born in Chicago, IL, who lives and works in Milwaukee, WI…

www.strangefirecollective.com

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as…

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Dominican American photographer Renell Medrano's most personal series yet

Written by Hena Sharma, CNN Photographer Renell Medrano's first big break came through a photo series titled "Untitled…

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Art Critic John Yau Talks About Four Decades of Writing in New York

The words of John Yau continue to be read by those who want to know what is going on in contemporary art in New York…

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American photographer Jamel Shabazz exhibits in Maastricht

MAASTRICHT .- Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht, the Netherlands, presents the exhibition 'Streetlife' from 1…

artdaily.cc

How Definitive Image Of Pandemic Could Help Explain Tragedy

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, a professor of art history at Harvard University, about how the…

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Are There Enough Photos of COVID-19 Death? - PhotoShelter Blog

Harvard professor Sarah Elizabeth Lewis raised the ire of some photojournalists by suggesting that there weren't enough…

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A Rehearsal for Communion: On Arthur Jafa's akingdoncomethas | Magazine

In recognition of this moment, and to offer a space for reflection, we invite you for a special showing tonight, June…

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Johny Pitts wins Jhalak prize for 'beautiful' history of black Europe

Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak prize for his debut book Afropean, an examination of life in black communities across…

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'They took a risk with me': Why the new curator of the University of Chicago's art museum is a…

"I'm not the usual suspect," says Myriam Ben Salah, the new executive director and chief curator of the Renaissance…

www.thenational.ae

In Brooklyn, One Photographer Captures the City's Most Creative Masks and Face Coverings

When the CDC first made the recommendation that all Americans wear masks in public last month, New York was the first…

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Kara Walker on the Post-Lockdown World

This essay is the first in a series of memos by artists, writers, curators and scientists written to the world after…

frieze.com

'My mum said, "Why are the police arresting you? You must have done something": the scandal behind…

A fantasy preview screening of the BBC's powerful new drama Sitting in Limbo would have a handful of home secretaries…

www.theguardian.com

A Photographer Revisits the Ballroom Scene of Her Youth

When photographer Shan Wallace was a teenager growing up in Baltimore, she found herself through voguing. While being…

www.thecut.com

107: Aundre Larrow on Putting Yourself Out There -The Bearded Tog

Do you struggle with putting yourself out there when it comes to photography and your business? Aundre Larrow shares…

thebeardedtog.com

The Photographer's Guide to Inclusive Photography

We've partnered with Authority Collective to bring you The Photographer's Guide to Inclusive Photography, a collection…

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These women photographers have created a visual journal of their lives during the pandemic

In mid-March, when it became evident many photographers were losing income and work opportunities, and living in…

t.co

NPPA urges accountability for police who violate journalists' rights

During the protests of the past week over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the importance of visual journalism…

nppa.org

The New Gaze: What It's Like To Be A Black Female Image Maker Right Now

It's hard to recall a time when this many black female photographers and directors were being hired to work on high…

www.complex.com

Howard University's Virtual Exhibitions Widen Access to the Art World

Courtesy of Miriam Ahmed On May 9, Howard University's 50th annual art faculty exhibition opened-but unlike in past…

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Jay Simple: Exodus Home and Photographer's Green Book

At a time when we are all especially focused on what it means to be at home in a place, Jay Simple's ongoing series…

lenscratch.com

Sundance Institute's 2020 Directors & Screenwriters Lab Fellows

Newly Expanded Advisor Roster Spans Filmmaking Disciplines Los Angeles, CA -- 11 independent filmmakers developing 10…

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To Raise Funds For World Central Kitchen, Solange, Tyler Mitchell, and More Creatives Livestreamed…

On Saturday, a large group of artists, chefs, designers, musicians, and more participated in a virtual celebration of…

www.vogue.com

Developing Stories - Native Photographers in the Field

Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field features two sequential photo essays by Native photojournalists…

americanindian.si.edu

Antwaun Sargent in conversation with Nicole R. Fleetwood - Aperture Foundation NY

Join Antwaun Sargent and Nicole R. Fleetwood, as they discuss Fleetwood's new book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of…

aperture.org

He's Got A Fast Car

"I'm realizing how all these things contributed to who I became," he explains over an early lunch at a restaurant in…

www.ssense.com

Scenes From the Brooklyn Protest of the Death of George Floyd

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday night to demonstrate against the…

nymag.com

Aaron Turner

Photographers of Color Links #44

Opinion | Where Are the Photos of People Dying of Covid?

Opinion In times of crisis, stark images of sacrifice or consequence have often moved masses to act. Filled coffins at…

ZORA J MURFF - NO STRANGERS IN CRIT

Zora J Murff is an artist and professor living in Arkansas.

‎Photographers of Color Podcast on Apple Podcasts

‎The Center for Photographers of Color - seeks to promote the advancement of emerging and under-represented artists of…

20 photographers capturing the beauty of modern Africa to follow in 2020

If there's one thing, and one thing only, that productivity vortex Instagram is good for, it's finding incredible…

Paul Mpagi Sepuya on capturing the space between portraits

For Contact Sheet, Document asks a photographer about the unseen story of a frame that defines their work. This was…

Carrie Mae Weems: correcting art's past and funding its future

Whether it's a big ticket affair in a white marquee or an urban art show in a grungy warehouse, one of the primary…

The Politics of Sight: Sadie Barnette Interviewed by Emily Zimmerman - BOMB Magazine

Sadie Barnette's installation Room to Live, on view at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle as part of In Plain Sight …

Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis

Thomas's Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what's expected in an…

Blackness, Images & the Space Between - Sixty Inches From Center

A conversation with Milwaukee based fine artist Nick Drain and Genesis Gallery owner, artist, and organizer Randy…

Helping Black Artists, But at What Price?

Howardena Pindell's lawsuit accuses a gallery of taking advantage of artists. Other painters say the gallery skipped…

Wendel A. White: Manifest

Artist Wendel A. White has a new series of photographs dealing with the fraught history of African-Americans, called…

A new Mapplethorpe? The queer zine legend reinventing the nude

n the autumn of 2001, Paul Mpagi Sepuya was an art student living in downtown New York. He'd just started his second…

Out Side In: In His Arresting Work, Lyle Ashton Harris Looks to the Recent Past for New Ways…

The video opens in a dimly lit bedroom. A voice offscreen begins to speak. "Sometimes, I feel, I guess, deprived. I…

African Cosmologies - Photography, Time, and the Other

BC1-ND-FC: By and by, I Will Carry this Burden of Hope, till the Laments of my Newborn is Heard #2, 2017. From the…

Akasha Rabut, Death Magick Abundance - Collector Daily

JTF (just the facts): Published by Anthology Editions in 2020 ( ). Hardcover, 216 pages, with 169 color reproductions…

The Rediscovered African American Last Supper Sculpture Will Stay in DC | Washingtonian (DC)

Last fall, a demolition crew working on the new home of Studio Acting Conservatory in Columbia Heights made a startling…

Focus On Endia Beal

We all perform different versions of ourselves in our day to day lives, but some are asked to perform, or rather…

Lorna Simpson Shows New Work in 'Give Me Some Moments' for Hauser &amp; Wirth

If you've found it difficult to create new work during a global pandemic, you're in good company. "The first month was…

A photographer documents cultural conflicts in virtual show 'On Contested Terrain'

A retrospective of photographs by An-My Lê shows the cultural conflicts roiling America while the nation tries to…

An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain - Carnegie Museum of Art

An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain is the first comprehensive survey of the politically charged work of photographer An-My…

Ever-Present Presence

Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez, D'Angelo Lovell Williams, and Hannah Bates explore present realities, recent histories…

Lorna Simpson Give Me Some Moments - Hauser & Wirth

Lorna Simpson Give Me Some Moments Since the beginning of her practice Simpson has used her work to suggest or point to…

Kalen Na'il Roach | 1000 Words

ooking at Kalen Na'il Roach's images is an engaging and intriguing experience. At first, they appear like humble bits…

No Income. Major Medical Bills. What Life Is Like for Millions of Americans Facing Financial Ruin…

On the same day that Elon Musk, the famously eccentric CEO of the electric-car company Tesla, saw his net worth hit…

Virtual Book Discussion with Lee Bey, author of Southern Exposure

Eventbrite - Northwestern University Press presents Virtual Book Discussion with Lee Bey, author of Southern Exposure …

An oral history of the Black Film and Video Network | CBC Arts

The late '80s and early '90s were a truly exciting time for Black film around the world. In the United States…

A global look inside a Ramadan dampened by coronavirus

Every year during Ramadan, Tarik Haque, a Bangladeshi army veteran who lives in Chicago, looks forward to breaking his…

Taking Note: Protests in N.Y.C.

The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis has sparked mass protests against racism and police brutality…

Photography Master: P.H. Polk | Dodge & Burn: Decolonizing Photography History

Prentice Herman "P.H." Polk (1898-1985) is not a name you'd hear in a typical Photo History class or lecture but I…

Rashid Johnson: 'Anxiety is part of my life. It's something that people of color don't really…

Written by Rashid Johnson Rashid Johnson's online exhibition of "Untitled Anxious Red Drawings" can be viewed here…

The photographer Lorna Simpson on how Covid-19 has revealed the ongoing segregation of America

Lorna Simpson, the 59-year-old African American photographer renowned for her collaged depictions of the black female…

See Titus Kaphar's Paintings About Black Motherhood

Titus Kaphar loves art history, but he takes from the canon what he wants and turns it toward his own ends. The…

Lorna Simpson: 'There are days when I cry four times for an hour'

Lorna Simpson is holed up in Los Angeles with her actor daughter right now. She's been spending lockdown doing one of…

At This Museum, Education Staff Prove More Vital Than Ever During Pandemic

While museums across the country have chosen to lay off or furlough educators, at the Asian Art Museum the education…

Emmazed - Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. & Gioncarlo Valentine

Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. is a New York-based photographer whose work examines blackness as a subject and focuses on…

Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco Raised $450,000+ in Online Benefit Auction, Helping to…

MoAD Executive Director Monetta White reported results of online benefit auction in video message to supporters…

Tyler Mitchell, Photographer Behind Beyonce's Vogue Cover, Signs With UTA

The photographer behind Beyonce's September 2018 Vogue cover, Tyler Mitchell, has signed with UTA. The 25-year-old…

A Photographic Life - 101: Plus Andrew Jackson - A Photographic Life

In episode 101 UNP founder and curator Grant Scot...

Inside historic black bookstores' fight for survival against the COVID-19 pandemic

OAKLAND, Calif. - Inside Marcus Books, the nation's oldest black-owned bookstore, no one lingers anymore over shelves…

Lorna Simpson Shows New Work in 'Give Me Some Moments' for Hauser & Wirth