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Double Exposure in Daytona Beach

Double Exposure
African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
January 23 – May 30, 2010
“The visual dialogue created by this exhibition links past, present, and future generations of African American artists. This dialogue seeks to help viewers explore the universal nature of memory and photographic representation in relation to their own personal histories.” – Lisa Henry
Saturday January [...]

Glynnis Reed in “Projections on Lake”

Hello friends and family,

Please join me for the premiere screening of this year’s semi-finalists and winners for Projections on Lake, which includes work by me.
“Projections” is a permanent, outdoor public showplace for silent artist-made films, videos and still images. Curated by David Bradshaw, work is chosen for it’s dynamics for the site as well as [...]

“Novella”

Los Angeles Art Association Presents…
NOVELLA
a group show (including Glynnis Reed) dedicated to shameless sentiment, willful displays of melodrama and the role of emotion in contemporary art.
Juried by Meg Linton, Director of the Gallery and Public Programs, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design.

Exhibition runs: September 5 – October 2, 2008
Reception: [...]

Updates from Glynnis Reed:
Hello Friends,
I’m writing to share news of current happenings and projects in the works for me right now. First, I’d like to invite you to take a look at some updates I’ve made to my website (www.glynnisreed.com). I’ve added quite a few new images and there’s updated news.
I also have work in [...]

new artists, new sites

Check out these two young Los Angeles-based black women photographers.
Glynnis Reed
I have been working in photography and photo based media for over ten years and with digital imaging for about eight years. In my work I explore issues of identity and place and I am interested in the ways social environments shape our notions of [...]

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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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      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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