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Erin Aubry Kaplan: Not So ‘Hot,’ Arnold

Why are so many politicians of color casually dismissing the governor’s racist comments?
September 13, 2006
WARNING: THE column you are about to read is hot. Real hot. McDonald’s-drive-through-scalding-coffee-see-you-in-court hot. Given the state of the world, which erodes almost daily because of the seemingly unlimited ineptitude of certain politicians, steamy has been my default state of [...]

Tropicalisms (Deborah Jack exhibition)

“The first frontier was the water’s edge, and there was a first moment, because how could there not have been such a moment, when a living thing came up from the ocean, crossed that boundary, and found that it could be breathe.”
S. Rushdie

September 14, 2006 – January 14, 2007

This exhibition asks fundamental questions about the [...]

Photographer Brings Amistad Exhibition to Rockland County

Collette V. Fournier, Photographer will have a photography exhibition entitled “Amistad: From Mystic Seaport to Halifax, Nova Scotia” from October 1 – 31, 2006 at Garnerville Arts and Industrial Center, GAGA,
55 W. Railroad Ave. Garnerville, NY 10923 (845) 947-7108/ 641-5836 gaga@garnervillearts.com This exhibition is in collaboration with the Rockland County Amistad Hudson [...]

hmmm…this isn’t exactly how i’d pictured her…
You know, I’m all for poetic license, and I’m always interested when Hollywood tries to portray artists, but this just looks ri-damn-diculous.

i guess she didn’t want anyone to miss the josephine baker reference this time

Frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken a performer this long to bite Josephine’s fabulous style. Wonder why that is?
Now when one of them has the cojones to pay homage to Grace Jones, then I’ll bow down.

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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      Site 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, [...] […]
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