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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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 […]
Three Powerful New Shows Kick off the New Year in Miami
Miami’s Community Newspapers December 21, 2018 By: News Travels Fast LaToya Ruby Frazier Flint is Family Jan 30-Apr 14 Explores the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and the effects on its residents. The photographer and MacArthur Fellow spent five months with three generations of women – the poet Shea Cobb, Shea’s mother, Renée Cobb, and […]
2019 MLK Convocation with LaToya Ruby Frazier
Case Western Reserve University December 20, 2018 case.edu Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Celebrate the Dream Each year, Case Western Reserve University honors Martin Luther King Jr.—the holiday, the man and the legacy—with a celebration that includes a range of activities including workshops, films, panel discussions and acclaimed speakers. All members of the university and […]
The Best New Yorker Photography of 2018
The New Yorker December 17, 2018 The photo team at The New Yorker assigned more breaking-news commissions this year than ever before. In October, the photojournalist Adriana Zehbrauskas accompanied the staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on a weeklong trip to follow the migrant caravan as it moved north through Mexico. During the midterms, the political photographer […]
LaToya named in “A hundred photographic heroines”
British Journal of Photography December 14, 2018 by Diane Smyth Photography is still male dominated – but, 100 years after British women first voted in a general election, the UK’s Royal Photographic Society has compiled a list of 100 inspirational female image-makers What do Sophie Calle, Rineke Dijkstra, Susan Meiselas, and Hannah Starkey all have in […]
“Flint is Family” at Florida International University
Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University December 8, 2018 frost.fiu.edu LaToya Ruby Frazier Flint is Family On View: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 — Sunday, April 14, 2019 Exhibition Opening: Wednesday, January 30 from 5-7pm LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family by photographer and MacArthur Fellow, LaToya Ruby Frazier, explores Flint, Michigan’s […]
The 10 Best Art Shows of 2018
Vulture December 6, 2018 By Jerry Saltz This list of the year’s best art achievements is a story of artists rising to the occasion, from the emerging talents coming out of Chinatown art spaces to the artists behind the Obamas’ official portraits to a significant (and once unsung) Swedish visionary. […] 2. LaToya Ruby Frazier, […]
Artists turn their lenses toward their own loved ones in “Family Pictures”
On Milwaukee November 16, 2018 By Bobby Tanzilo While I can’t provide any hard data, anyone who has visited art museums anywhere in the world can attest that people of color are typically under-represented in them. Milwaukee Art Museum’s new “Family Pictures” photography exhibition, on view on the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts […]
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program 1968–2018
Whitney Museum of American Art Symposium celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Independent Study Program Oct 19–20, 2018 LaToya Ruby Frazier with Anthony Cokes, Jonathan Crary, Laura Mulvey, and Ben Young for the “Media and Its Apparatuses” panel (Day 2, 12–2pm). Moderated by Soyoung Yoon. The Independent Study Program (ISP) consists of three interrelated parts: Studio Program, Curatorial Program, […]