A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
LaToya spent five months living in Flint, Michigan, documenting the lives of those affected by the city's water crisis for her photo essay Flint is Family. As the crisis dragged on, she realized it was going to take more than a series of photos to bring relief. In this inspiring, surprising TED talk, she shares the creative lengths she went to in order to bring free, clean water to the people of Flint.
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“Et des terrils, un arbre s’élèvera” at MAC’s
The Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation announces the exhibition byLaToya Ruby Frazier titled Et des terrils, un arbre s’élèvera [And From the Coal Tips a Tree Will Rise] on view from 19 February to 21 May 2017. “LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up in Braddock, in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, at the heart of the Rust Belt. […]
Not Just Flint: Water Crises and Inequality in the United States
TED Fellow and MacArthur Fellow, LaToya Ruby Frazier, will be the keynote speaker at the Trinity Institute Dialogue #2 “Not Just Flint: Water Crises and Inequality in the United States” A year after the news about toxic water in Flint, Michigan broke nationally, it’s clear that for millions of Americans – particularly in poor and marginalized communities, both […]
LaToya to speak at The Art Institute of Chicago
Lecture: An Evening with LaToya Ruby Frazier LaToya Ruby Frazier, photographer and 2015 MacArthur fellow, discusses her work—personal, incisive explorations of issues surrounding race, representation, and social justice in places such as Flint, Michigan and her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. January 26, 2017 6:00pm–7:00pm Fullerton Hall Art Institute of Chicago Free with museum admission Seating […]
To Fight Trump, First Learn How to See
Artists Carrie Mae Weems and LaToya Ruby Frazier discuss creating art in 2017. by Mattie Kahn, ELLE Jan 11, 2017 Hosted by Rebecca Carroll, WNYC producer for special projects on race, photographers LaToya Ruby Frazier and Carrie Mae Weems; and Harvard University art history professor Sarah Lewis, engage in a discussion on celebrating and advancing […]
Juxtapoz features “THE NOTION OF FAMILY”
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s award-winning first book, The Notion of Family, offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania. The work also considers the impact of that decline on the community and on her family, creating a statement both personal and truly political— an […]
Aperture releases “The Notion Of Family” in paperback
The Notion Of Family Photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier Interview by Dawoud Bey Essays by Laura Wexler and Dennis C. Dickerson Now available in a paperback edition, LaToya Ruby Frazier’s award-winning first book, The Notion Of Family, offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns, as embodied […]
People Issue from Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader Interview by Aimee Levitt and Danielle A. Scruggs Photos by Danielle A. Scruggs Published on December 7, 2016 “In form, Frazier’s black-and-white photographs echo the work of 1930s social documentarians. But, she says, “I’m not a social documentarian, I’m an artist speaking through photographs.” Unlike those older photographers, she belongs to the world […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier receives New Museum Next Gen Award
On the “A” w/Souleo: Presidential Election Looms over New Museum Next Generation Dinner by Peter “Souleo” Wright 11/7/16 There couldn’t be a more opportune time for the New Museum to honor photographer, LaToya Ruby Frazier than near the end of a tumultuous presidential election season. This past Friday in New York, Frazier was honored at the […]
LaToya speaks at Harvard Art Museums
Socially Engaged: Public and Private Storytelling In this lecture, artist LaToya Ruby Frazier will discuss the value of collaboration—with individuals, families, and communities—to create a powerful platform for social change. Following her talk, Frazier will be in conversation with Sarah Lewis, assistant professor in the Departments of History of Art and Architecture and African and […]
Talk and Book Signing at Strand
Aperture and the Strand present LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Kellie Jones. Now back in print in a new paperback edition, LaToya Ruby Frazier’s award-winning first book, The Notion of Family (Aperture, 2016), offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns, as embodied by her hometown […]
MacArthur Genius-Grant Recipient Documents the Devastation in Flint
MacArthur Genius-Grant Recipient LaToya Ruby Frazier Documents the Devastation in Flint, MI Through the Personal Saga of Three Generations of Women in the September Issue of ELLE and in a Multimedia Digital Experience on ELLE.COM NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – August 08, 2016) – ELLE announces the debut of an original multimedia documentary project, “FLINT IS […]
Flint Lives Matter
Elle: New Photo Project by LaToya Ruby Frazier Reminds Americans that Flint Lives Matter By Victoria L. Valentine Courtesy of Culture Type Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier spent the month of May in Flint—a poor, mostly black city—documenting the effects of the contaminated water through the experiences of Shea Cobb, 32, and three generations of women […]