Received this from Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. I’m dying to get back to New Orleans myself. Can’t wait to see the new work!
Peace, everyone.
How are things? Fine, I hope. Well, I’m back from New Orleans and it was certainly a powerful trip. As many of you know I’m working on my next solo exhibition [...]
SIMONE LEIGH
“If you want fo’ lick old woman pot. You scratch him back.”
(The masculine pronoun is always used for female. Use flattery and you will succeed.)
This is a Jamaican proverb recorded be Zora Neale Hurston in her anthropological journal “Tell My Horse” written in 1938
RUSH ARTS GALLERY PROJECT SPACE
526 West [...]
Sheila Pree Bright is one of my favorite photographers–so smart and her work is so thoughtful and interesting.
Check out her upcoming exhibition, “Young Americans” (and her mySpace page)And hey all you publishers out there–why are you sleeping on this artist?! Publish her!
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta
May 3 – August 10, 2008
Lisa Henry and Julian [...]
joy and pain
Okay, maybe that’s overstating it, but as I continue to research publications of/by black photographers, I’ve had some hits and misses. Twice now I’ve purchased books I believed to be by black photographers, only to discover I had a case of mistaken identity (one was easily returnable, luckily; the other, an import, will cost as [...]
Fernbank Museum Hosts New Photo Exhibition
Daufuskie Island: Photographs by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
ATLANTA (February 15, 2008) Nearly three decades ago, photographerJeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe took her camera to Daufuskie Island, off thecoast of South Carolina near Hilton Head, to document the lives of theGullah culture, whose way of life and language is an enduringsynthesis of African and [...]
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- Taking a Break February 7, 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 7, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 7, 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 […]