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1968: Then and Now

**Media are invited to the opening reception on Friday September 26, 6-8 pm**
NYU PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
COMPLETE LIST OF ARTISTS REPRESENTED IN THE EXHIBITION
“1968: THEN AND NOW”
Exhibition Dates: September 2 – November 22, 2008

The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of [...]

updates from Bayeté Ross Smith

Hello Everyone,

I hope the summer has been enjoyable and fulfilling for you all. I am currently finishing my residency at Can Serrat in Spain, however I want to let you all know about my upcoming solo exhibition in San Francisco. My series on Proms, entitled “Pomp and Circumstance: First Time To Be Adults” opens [...]

sold out in D.C. this weekend

From the website:

We Are a collective of artists, activists & friends exploring & confronting the politics that surround the black female body…the life and legacy of Saartjie (Sara) Baartman is our lens, the stage is our platform.

We Are raising consciousness about the complex history of the black female body through self – [...]

Moving Walls 14 (Collette Fournier interview)

Interview with photographer Collette Fournier on her work featured in the group photography exhibition Moving Walls 14. Photography: Collette Fournier Producer: Pamela Chen Editor: Candice Hoeflinger Video: Candice Hoeflinger and Jozsef Gazso/OSI Web Manager: Chipp Winston Web Designer: Josh Leeman Exhibition Manager: Yukiko Yamagata

Lorraine O’Grady: The Miscegenated Family Album

Sisters I, 1980/1994, Cibachrome print, 20″ x 16″ diptych

Sisters III, 1980/1994, Cibachrome print, 20″ x 16″ diptych

Lorraine O’Grady
The Miscegenated Family Album
September 10 – October 11, 2008
Reception for the Artist: Wednesday, September 10, 6:00–8:00 pm
Alexander Gray Associates is delighted to present Lorraine O’Grady’s iconic series, The Miscegenated Family Album (1980/94). Since the early 1980s, [...]

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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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