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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

upcoming exhibitions–UPDATED

I generally don’t do much self-promotion here, ironically, but since I have work in a show that just opened and one about to open I thought I ought to do my duty (and I finally updated this info on my site, too):
“Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body,” Hood Museum of Art [...]

33 ways to say ‘black’ and ‘box’

(now, let me just hope my sister remembered to fish it out of the recycling yesterday…)

An L.A. museum show of African American photography finds out just how volatile two simple words can be.
By Lynell George, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 9, 2007 [...]

Boxed In, Boxed Out

Intentionally or Not, CAAM Show Brings Race Into the Picture
by Julie Riggott
Blacks In and Out of the Box was supposed to show how times have changed.

The California African American Museum exhibit Blacks In and Out of the Box features photos from the 19th and 20th centuries. Pieces on display include images by Todd Gray (above) [...]

and now for something completely different…

I’m announcing the re-release of a t-shirt first designed in conjunction with my graduate thesis project, the reinvention of a children’s playground in Santa Ana, CA. I’ve gotten so many inquiries about the t-shirt since, that it’s coming out again, thanks to the print-on-demand possibilities of cafepress.com.
Above is the design on the front. The t-shirt [...]

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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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    • Taking a Break February 8, 2012
      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, [...] […]
    • A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012
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    • Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012
      Danielle 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 […]


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