Photographers of Color Links #10 JulyAaron TurnerFollowJul 29, 2017 · 7 min readUntitled, gelatin silver print, Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Gift of Peter J. Cohen, accession #2015.12.1.115.In Memoriam: Khadija SayeBritish artist Khadija Saye was a victim of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017 in West London. Saye was…frieze.comThe Genius of Gordon ParksIf you wanted to study the history of photography, picking up Photography: The Whole Story would not be a bad idea. It…cphmag.comLook at these intimate photos from the other Washington, DC"My brother saw Anacostia one day when he was nine," Edward P. Jones wrote in the title story of his 2006 collection…www.motherjones.com'Visually dynamic' segregation-era shots by renowned photographer Gordon Parks in Mount Dora…MOUNT DORA - An art exhibition that delves into the delicate and deeply dividing issue of race in America is winding…www.orlandosentinel.comGordon Parks, Ella Watson, a Boy, a Bugle, and the American FlagPictures are complicated. So is being black in America. Throughout his life, Gordon Parks wrestled with both of these…johnedwinmason.typepad.comDocumenting Blodgett HomesPhotographs from the Summer 2017 issue by Johanne Rahaman with an introduction by Sarah Stacke.t.coFinding My Way into a New Form: An Interview with Teju Cole - The MillionsTeju Cole can seduce you a dozen ways. As a writer who refuses to be boxed in by the conventions of genre, he blurs the…www.themillions.comAW16 PUMA Suede - Q & A WITH JAMEL SHABAZZThere's only a handful of people who are best remembered for photographing the glorious scenes of urban culture in New…www.zhiboxs.comOf the Bronx and of NigeriaPhotographs of home, thousands of miles apart.www.nytimes.comShinnecock Photographer Jeremy Dennis Will Highlight Native American Culture and Land In 'On This…Hamptons life. Find Hamptons entertainment details in the Hamptons life section of 27East. We provide arts and…t.coLouisville Story Program goes behind the lens with Bud DorseyLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) - He's a Louisville native who has captured some of the most amazing and trying times in the…www.whas11.comThree Generations of Black Women in Family PhotosIn an elegant room, in front of a shadowy and dramatic alcove, sits a woman dressed in a billowing red garment. 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Lorick Jr., 83, of Berwyn, a longtime photographer whose images were tucked into wallets or hung on walls as…www.philly.comBlack Power Comes to Tate Modern in an Urgent Show Charting a Movement's Rise | artnet NewsTate Modern's project of exploring less-visited art histories has hitherto favored work by artists that, by dint of…news.artnet.comFive Days of Unrest That Shaped, and Haunted, NewarkOn July 12, 1967, residents of a large public housing development saw the black cabdriver badly beaten by police…t.coArtist Zanele Muholi's Footage of Friend Being Pushed Down Stairs by Airbnb Host Causes UproarAn Airbnb host has been charged with attempted manslaughter after shocking footage uploaded by South African artist…news.artnet.comHis art centers on African American actors whose film titles 'Fade to Black'The California African American Museum is teeming with ghosts. They haunt its lobby atrium, which is airy and still…www.latimes.comUS African-American art exhibition Soul of a Nation opens at Tate Modern - BBC NewsThe art world's response to the birth of Black Power is being highlighted at a major new exhibition at the Tate Modern…t.coThe black experience is complex, political and beautiful in "Soul of a Nation" art exhibitIn 1970, artist Faith Ringgold made a poster for the Committee to Defend the Black Panthers. A black face looked out…www.newsweek.comShow: Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama - Hail the Dark Lioness"I'm reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other," says South African…www.bjp-online.comOne-Year Postgraduate Fellowship in Visual CultureDepartment: Public Programs Supervisor: Director, Content and Public Programming Schedule: Full-Time Appointment, 10…www.icp.orgDélio Jasse's Endless ArchiveLooking to vintage photographs and alternative processes, an Angolan Portuguese artist engages the infinite…aperture.orgMeet the photographer challenging stereotypes and celebrating black sisterhood.Miranda Barnes is one to watch.www.upworthy.comCALL FOR PROPOSALS: Black Portraiture[s] IVBLACK PORTRAITURE[S] IV: The Color of Silence is the eighth conference in a series of conversations about imaging the…hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.eduAmerica Today, in Vision and VerseThe long days of summer offer an opportunity to reflect. We selected six poems by contemporary American poets and asked…www.nytimes.comMy year as a dark lioness - in picturesSouth African photographer Zanele Muholi took a self-portrait every day for year - to capture the hate crimes…www.theguardian.com'Other People's Pictures' photography exhibition offers a look at the disappearing art and charm of…The novelist Eudora Welty once wrote that a good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. With the advent of…artdaily.comMy Grandmother's ShroudWhen my grandmother, my mother's mother, died in late June in Nigeria, I was in Italy, at a conference. I wasn't with…mobile.nytimes.com'Photography saved my life' - the year-long exposure of visual activist Zanele MuholiHer house has been broken into, her images stolen. But the South African will not stop using photography to highlight…www.theguardian.comHelp raise £50000 to establish the Khadija Saye Memorial FundWeʼre raising money to establish the Khadija Saye Memorial Fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.www.justgiving.comExposure: Cian Oba-SmithCian Oba-Smith is interested in photography as a tool for human connection. Through his work, he seeks to deepen our…www.creativereview.co.ukFilmmakers vie for $10,000 HBO prize at American Black Film FestivalThe American Black Film Festival, running Wednesday, June 14, through Sunday, June 18 in Miami, has been plugged into…www.nbcnews.comHow to Be a Successful Black WomanJuly 8, 2017 In 1964, the record producer Berry Gordy recruited Maxine Powell, an elocution, dance, and comportment…www.newyorker.comA Photographer and His Subject Reconnect, 38 Years LaterIn the summer of 1979, I was walking down East 193rd Street in the Bronx, just off the Grand Concourse, when I came…mobile.nytimes.comA Split View of New York and Lagos | PDN Photo of the DayOsaretin Ugiagbe's photographs of Nigeria, where he lived until he was 16, and the Bronx, where he as lived since…potd.pdnonline.comA Thousand Midnights | Watch | PBS Online Film FestivalThis experimental documentary chronicles the contemporary manifestation of the economic and social histories of black…www.pbs.orgIn Cameroon, A New Platform for Emerging PhotographersYaPhoto (Yaoundé Photo Network) is a new platform for photographers and lens-based artists in Cameroon. Launched in…aperture.orgLearning from Addis Ababa | Contemporary AndIn the series Curriculum of Connections, we bring together critical voices, ideas, and projects working towards…www.contemporaryand.comThis Brooklyn Artist Is Taking On the Media | Village VoiceBell's public art series, called "Counternarratives," reworks or redacts text from real stories that ran in the New…www.villagevoice.comFemale photographers wanted for the Firecracker grantFiona Rogers founded her online Firecracker platform to help showcase the best talent in female photography. What…www.bjp-online.comContemporary Black Artists Are Redefining Portraiture in a Show at CAAMWith "Face to Face: Los Angeles Collects Portraiture," the California African American Museum presents a show that is…www.laweekly.comNew Exhibition Highlights Influential Black British Art of the 1980s - Dodge & Burn: Decolonizing…Any reference to British art of the 1980s will shine a light on the YBAs or Young British Artists, the face of which is…t.coPaper Monday | An Ongoing Visual Research ProjectEdit descriptionwww.papermonday.comRare gifts: NOMA adds collection of contemporary African-American artOne of the best art collections of its kind is about to get even stronger. The New Orleans Museum of Art announced this…www.theadvocate.comThe rise & rise of African-American artistsOn the invitation card to Tate Modern's Art in the Age of Black Power, which opened last week in London, is a 1966 self…www.timeslive.co.zaHey, You're Cool! 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LOUIS - In the entrance gallery of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation are a series of figurative painting, sculpture, and…hyperallergic.comLUCE ARTIST TALK: DANIELLE SCRUGGSLuce Artist Talks, a partnership between the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center and CulturalDC…www.culturaldc.orgD'Angelo Lovell Williams' Vulnerable Self-Portraits Champion Black Queer BodiesD'Angelo Lovell Williams' debut solo exhibition is a daring display of visibility and vulnerability, featuring a series…www.out.comPAM Presents African American PortraitsOn dispaly at the Portland Art Museum from July 29 - Dec. 29, "Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for…www.theskanner.comThe ScholarshipPatron: Sir Don McCullin C.B.E. Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times…www.ianparry.org