Simone Leigh
Installed at WILD GIRLS, Exit Art through August 26th
www.exitart.org
Lazarine, terracotta, graphite and platinum luster
if you don’t know, now you know
Here are 2005 Census stats for what college educated, 25 years and older Americans who work year round make.
White men 100%Asian men 92%Hispanic men 77%Black men 76%Asian women 74%White women 70%Black women 62%Hispanic women 61%
Here is what Americans 25 years or older with a high school diploma or less working year round make.
White men [...]
check some sistas out
Terry Howcott, “a social commentator, willing dissident, community educator, a (lightly) seasoned professional and recovering-flautist,” has a new, incredibly comprehensive site, Broad and Black. If you, like me, have an abundant amount of time to spend reading and looking in cyberspace, spend some time here.
Also, artist Sonseree’ Gibson has a new site with her stunning [...]
um, could it be because we keep Israel awash in money and weaponry?
I saw this cover on the newsstand today and the prejudicial language of it really got to me (though certainly didn’t surprise me). Check out two great articles on BlackCommentator.com this week: “Israel’s Terror” and “Israeli Apartheid.”
New Mel Gibson Urban Drama to Be Spoken in Ebonics
That one made me smile and it wasn’t even The Onion. Don’t rule it out.
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- Taking a Break February 4, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 4, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]