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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‘Young, Gifted and Black’
1st West Coast Engagement of Survey Traveling Primarily to Colleges and Universities Opens July 28 at UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum A wide-ranging exhibition that highlights artists of African descent whose work explores identity, politics and art history makes its West Coast debut July 28 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of […]
Social Agitators, Joyfully Black: the artistic heirs of Gordon Parks
The Washington Post By Robin Givhan PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. The meditative and affecting art installation in the modest gallery in the unremarkable building includes portraits of a community in crisis but one that’s also defined by determination and care. It’s a photographic story about lead-laced water in Flint, Mich. — a catastrophe unleashed in 2014 by […]
58th Carnegie International announces artists
Trib LiveBy JoAnne Klimovich Harrop “Good morning.” It’s a saying we probably hear daily, but everyone’s “morning” might not be the same. The better question might be “Is it morning for you yet?” a Mayan Kaqchikel expression that is the title of the 58th Carnegie International. Kaqchikel is a language spoken in Guatemala. The exhibit […]
Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier’s exhibit reveals the resilience of the people of Flint, Michigan
WBUR Boston NPR Here & Now By Karen Michel LaToya Ruby Frazier spent five years photographing people and places in Flint, Michigan. Her photos tell a story about a community in struggle, confronting the water crisis and ultimately triumphing through the community. This segment aired on May 2, 2022 Read more… Courtesy of: WBUR Boston
LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Flint artists
VIRTUAL EVENT LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Flint artists and activists Shea S. Cobb and Amber N. Hasan The Gordon Parks Foundation Thursday, April 21, 2022, 6PM ET Moderated by Michal Raz-Russo, Programs Director, The Gordon Parks Foundation CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND WATCH VIA ZOOM The Gordon Parks Foundation is pleased to announce […]
Flint Is Family In Three Acts
The Gordon Parks Foundation Exhibition Announcement April 13 – June 24, 2022 Flint Is Family In Three Acts is a twenty-first-century survey of the American landscape that reveals the persistent segregation and racism that haunts it. LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family In Three Acts (2022) Co-published with The Gordon Parks Foundation Series edited by […]
8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2022: Currency
Engaging the theme of Currency from various perspectives, the 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg opens on May 20, 2022 with twelve exhibitions presenting over 75 artists. From appraised colonial-era photo albums to poetic reveries, social documentary and conceptual approaches to photography, the exhibitions explore the myriad ways in which photographs are produced, circulated, and interpreted. […]
The Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Book Prize of 2020
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint Is Family In Three Acts Co-published by The Gordon Parks Foundation and Steidl Series edited by Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. Edited by Michal Raz-Russo Contributions by Leigh Raiford NOW AVAILABLE through Gladstone Gallery (US) and Steidl (EU) LaToya Ruby Frazier is a visual artist known for collaborative storytelling with the people […]
TIME’s 20 Best Photobooks of 2021
TIME LightBox Section TIME Photo Department LaToya Ruby Frazier’s The Last Cruze chosen by TIME as one of the best photo books of 2021 The Last Cruze by LaToya Ruby Frazier is an extensive, collaborative body of work that focuses on General Motors autoworkers in Lordstown, Ohio, who are members of the United Auto Workers […]
On Gordon Parks’ Legacy And Black Photography Today
ESSENCE Entertainment By Aramide Tinubu LaToya Ruby Frazier, Devin Allen and Jamel Shabazz are the Subject of the New Documentary, ‘A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired By Gordon Parks,’ Debuting On HBO. By the time Gordon Parks shot his first photograph for Life Magazine, his mother had died, racism had forced him out of his hometown […]
Photographer Gordon Parks inspired a new generation of artists
Los Angeles Times Entertainment & Arts By Deborah Vankin “A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks” debuts on HBO Monday night, a date that commemorates the photographer’s late November birthday. The film is less a chronological telling of Parks’ life story (the 2000 HBO documentary “Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon […]
A Visual History of Gordon Parks’ Art and Activism
Black Girl Nerds Movie Reviews By Cassondra Feltus HBO’s ‘A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks’ Is a Visual History of the Photographer’s Art and Activism This new documentary delves into the life and work of photographer, filmmaker, writer, composer, and activist Gordon Parks. Directed by John Maggio (Mr. Saturday Night), the documentary chronicles […]