A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
LaToya spent five months living in Flint, Michigan, documenting the lives of those affected by the city's water crisis for her photo essay Flint is Family. As the crisis dragged on, she realized it was going to take more than a series of photos to bring relief. In this inspiring, surprising TED talk, she shares the creative lengths she went to in order to bring free, clean water to the people of Flint.
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‘No One Was Going to Pay Attention’
ARTnews by Claire Voon As GM Auto Workers Strike in Ohio, LaToya Ruby Frazier Debuts Photos of Union Laborers in Chicago Last November, workers at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, received some fateful news: the automotive company’s chief executive, Mary Barra, had decided to “unallocate” the 53-year-old factory in town, in addition to […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze: Lost Labor
FAD Magazine by Caira Moreira-Brown Visual artist, LaToya Ruby Frazier showcases her collaborative storytelling with the people who appear in her photographs, videos, texts, interviews, and performances in her latest exhibition, The Last Cruze at The Renaissance Society in Chicago, IL. The Last Cruze zooms in on Lordstown, Ohio and the automotive union there. Fraizer […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s Labor of Love
The photographer’s first Chicago solo show centers on workers at a beleaguered GM factory in Ohio. Chicago Magazine by Jake Malooey Last November, LaToya Ruby Frazier got wind of the kind of news she finds both troubling and creatively motivating. General Motors was planning to close five North American plants in the coming year. The […]
Stacey Abrams’s Fight for a Fair Vote
As the 2020 elections approach, Abrams is leading the battle against voter suppression. The New Yorker by Jelani Cobb “I have the right to do the things I think I should do,” Abrams said. “My gender and my race should not be limitations.”Photograph by LaToya Ruby Frazier for The New Yorker Among the many issues […]
LaToya Ruby at the Mudam Luxembourg
Wall Street International Magazine by Staff 27 Apr — 22 Sep 2019 Mudam Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Luxembourg Coinciding with May 2019, the European Month of Photography, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean presents a monographic exhibition for one of the most important photographers of her generation, LaToya Ruby Frazier (*1982). Since the early 2000s this […]
The End of the Line: What Happens to a Factory Town When the Factory Shuts Down?
The New York Times Photo Essay and Interviews by LaToya Ruby Frazier Louis Robinson Jr., 77 Recording secretary for Local 1714 of the United Auto Workers from 1999 to 2018 “One mistake the international unions in the United States made was when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers. When he did that, the unions […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier – The Last Cruze
The Renaissance Society presents a new body of work by acclaimed artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, The Last Cruze, centered on the workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio. After more than fifty years of auto production, and a current commitment to manufacture the Chevrolet Cruze until 2021, the facility has recently been “unallocated” […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier to receive Honorary Doctorate
Edinboro welcomes MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowship recipient as spring commencement speaker LaToya Ruby Frazier, an internationally recognized visual artist and social justice advocate, will return to her alma mater to deliver the commencement address at Edinboro University’s undergraduate ceremony on Saturday, May 4. Frazier, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts – Applied Media Arts from […]
NY magazine to feature UAW 1112
Tribune Chronicleby Ron Selak Jr. Show of labor unity NORTH JACKSON — When well-known photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier let it be known she would be above the United Auto Workers Local 1112 hall in a helicopter to take photos of the building’s exterior for a magazine cover, local UAW leaders thought they could do better. […]
NYC-ARTS Profile: LaToya Ruby Frazier
NYC-ARTS and WNET Thirteen presents a profile of photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, whose work follows in the social documentary tradition of Walker Evans and Gordon Parks. Courtesy of: NYC-ARTS.org Aired: 2/7/2019 on Thirteen|WNET New York Public Media
Iconic 20th Century Images, Reinvented
A History Lesson From Angela Bassett, Spike Lee, Ruth E. Carter, and LaToya Ruby Frazier Spike Lee needed a queen. Three queens, in fact. One in front of the camera, one behind it, another to make sure everything looked and felt just so. As a filmmaker who has been tackling racism in America for more […]
LaToya’s work for New York Times Magazine mentioned in Artforum
Artforum The Year In Review December 2018 By Lanka Tattersall […] 2. Linda Villarosa, “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies are in a Life-or-Death Crisis.” with photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier (New York Times Magazine, April 11) An unsettling, urgent, and deeply instructive piece of journalism—essential reading for everyone thinking about race, gender, healthcare, or […]