Want to Use My Suit? Then Throw Me Something
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The Mardi Gras Indians, whose costumes are part of New Orleans folklore, want compensation when others profit.
Full Story: www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/us/24orleans.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
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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 [...]
Booksigning and conversation with Deborah Willis in Los Angeles this weekend
Deborah Willis
POSING BEAUTY
Conversation with the author and book signing
Saturday, October 10, 2009
4pm
ROBERTS & TILTON
5801 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
T 323 549 0223
F 323 549 0224
www.robertsandtilton.com
info@robertsandtilton.com
Posing Beauty explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, [...]
Posing Beauty @ NYU
**Media are invited to the opening reception and book signing on October 8, 2009 from 6-8 p.m.**
NYU Photography & Imaging Department Announces The Opening of
Posing Beauty
Exhibition Dates: September 1st, 2009 through October 18th, 2009
The exhibition will be on view in the Gulf + Western Gallery and in the 8th floor gallery of the [...]
A series of events will mark the opening of “Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera” at MoAD.
As a quick reminder, there are three events:
The members-only preview on Wednesday, June 18th from 6-8 pm
the Public Opening, and Artist Party on Friday June 20th from 7pm to midnight
and the Curator Walk/Artist Panel* on Sunday, [...]
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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, [...] […]
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- 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 […]