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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CLOSE-UP: AMERICAN IDLE — Zack Hatfield on LaToya Ruby Frazier’s “The Last Cruze,” 2019
Artforum By: Zack Hatfield Frazier has always addressed the untenability of how things are with an art that pushes beyond the purview of representation, one that prioritizes the assembly of communities and archives over commodities. PEOPLE IN MOTION. This was General Motors’ slogan when Sherria and Jason Duncan were hired at the company’s factory on […]
Announcing the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows
The National Geographic Society’s nine new Storytelling Fellows will embark upon a year-long project to explore timely issues the world needs to hear using a variety of storytelling mediums. The National Geographic Society has announced the selection of the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows. Nominated for their dedication and commitment to shining a light on […]
Defying narratives of suffering, Kennedi Carter’s powerful images center Black joy
Document Journal Text by: Des Magness Photography by: Kennedi Carter The 21-year-old photographer on leaving art school, combatting the erasure of Black cowboys, and why she’s not moving to New York or LA Focused on tenderness and gentle beauty, 21-year-old photographer Kennedi Carter captures Black American narratives with a fresh and nuanced voice. Carter’s intimate […]
These Powerful Photos Prove How Universal Motherhood Really Is
BuzzFeed News by Kate Bubacz “Interestingly, in art, even though it is so fundamental, real-life depictions of motherhood have been underrepresented over the course of history.” Motherhood unites us all — everyone, no matter your relationship, has a mother. The digital exhibition on view at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago beautifully explores this […]
Where Are the Photos of People Dying of Covid?
New York Times by Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Lewis In times of crisis, stark images of sacrifice or consequence have often moved masses to act. Recently, a friend, colleague and mentor, the cultural historian and critic Maurice Berger, died at 63 of complications from the coronavirus. Every day that passes, particularly as I hear the wail […]
Installation view #museumshutdown
LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze Contemporary And Hundreds of independent art and museums spaces were forced to close due to the Corona-Crisis. In this series we are celebrating the fantastic artistic events that are right now sitting behind closed doors. Take a look on how visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier turns her camera toward […]
In Memoriam A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
The Brooklyn Rail by Jane Ursula Harris I met Genesis in 2007 at the opening of a show I’d curated called Keeping Up With The Joneses. Along with work by Pope.L, Laurel Nakadate, LaToya Ruby Frazier (in her New York City debut), among others, it featured a photo of Lady Jaye in their Gates Avenue […]
The African-American Art Shaping the 21st Century
New York Times Prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. Jordan Peele. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Kara Walker. Ava DuVernay. It’s the first time since the 1970s that black art, history and political life have come together […]
THE ARTIST’S EDIT: May Day
Gavin Brown’s enterprise presents…“MAY DAY” by LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER This playlist is dedicated to all the essential workers, healthcare workers, the poor, working-class people of this nation and all around the world, to the uninsured, disabled, detained, to the prisoners, to the sick who can’t get their medication because politicians and pharmaceutical companies would rather […]
Thanks, Mom! 6 Famous Artists Who Loved Their Mothers So Much They Made Them Their Creative Muses
artnet news by Katie White Since at least the Renaissance, mothers have encouraged—and sometimes inspired—artistic genius. Is there a more complex, loving, and sometimes fraught relationship than that between mother and child? Psychology tomes have been written trying to untangle the nuances and consequences of that very quandary. Perhaps it’s inevitable, then, that over the […]
11 Photographers on How To Finish a Body of Work
Aperture from the editors Over the course of her career, curator and lecturer Sasha Wolf has heard countless young photographers say they often feel adrift in their own practices, wondering if they are doing it the “right” way. This inspired her to seek out insights from a wide range of photographers about their approaches to […]
MAINTENANCE WORK: Andrew Russeth considers the role of art in a pandemic
Art Forum by Andrew Russeth There have been harrowing interviews with doctors, sobering podcast hits by experts, and on-the-ground reporting, but when it comes to images of the coronavirus pandemic, the defining ones have been almost entirely ancillary, at least a step removed from the actual devastation. That has made it difficult to grasp its […]