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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Art as transformation: LaToya Ruby Frazier’s social justice photography
The Cavalier Daily University of Virginia by Loree Seitz Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier shares how art can function for social justice The University of Virginia’s Department of Art hosted “Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change,” a talk with photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier, on Oct. 27. Frazier’s award-winning photo-history book “The Notion of Family” […]
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze”
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago The Renaissance Society is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of The Last Cruze, a substantial book that expands upon LaToya Ruby Frazier’s 2019 solo exhibition at the museum. Available to order, this publication features Frazier’s extensive body of work that centers on the autoworkers at the […]
The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II
New York Times Style Magazine By Thessaly La Force, Zoë Lescaze, Nancy Hass and M.H. Miller Three artists, a curator and a writer came together to discuss the pieces that have not only best reflected the era, but have made an impact. On a recent afternoon, the artists Dread Scott, Catherine Opie and Shirin Neshat, […]
Citizenship: A Practice of Society at MCA Denver through Feb. 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) Oct. 2, 2020–Feb. 14, 2021 Responding to urgent social issues and the current political climate, more than 30 artists are presenting works dating from 2016 to present. Citizenship: A Practice of Society is a survey of politically engaged art made since 2016. In response to political events and […]
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2020 showcase — Artist and Editor Talks
The Photographers’ Gallery Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30pm Discover the work of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2020 winners in two live streamed conversations. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards celebrate outstanding contributions to photography and moving image publishing. This hour-and-a-half event will feature a conversation with the Chicago-based artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, whose eponymous book LaToya Ruby […]
2020 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award
Gladstone Gallery LaToya Ruby Frazier has won the 2020 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award for her eponymous book published by Mousse Publishing and Mudam Luxembourg, which coincided with a solo exhibition at Mudam in 2019. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have been the UK’s leading prizes for books on photography and the moving image since 1985. On […]
On working with Dignity
The Creative Independent From a conversation with Daniel Sharp Visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier on the value of photography, the billboards she made for the ENOUGH of Trump campaign, the collaborative process of photographing Breonna Taylor’s family, and why art is intrinsically political. Two pieces you made for the Enough of Trump Campaign will go […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier wins the Kraszna-Krausz Photobook Award
British Journal of Photography By: Marigold Warner The American photographer’s eponymous book on poverty, racism, and the human cost of post-industrial decline wins the 35th annual award. LaToya Ruby Frazier is an artist, educator and activist who blends fine art and documentary, employing a participatory approach to storytelling to campaign for social justice. “I use […]
REAL WORK: How Realism in Art Communicates the Meaning of Work
Art in America By: Rachel Wetzler, Associate Editor The Realist movement begins in earnest with an image of work. Contemporary artists have adopted strikingly different approaches to contend with the instability of twenty-first-century economic life. Some have responded through a kind of abstraction of work itself, focusing instead on its evolving infrastructure: Liam Gillick’s generically […]
THE LIFE BREONNA TAYLOR LIVED, IN THE WORDS OF HER MOTHER
In a series of interviews, author Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to Tamika Palmer to paint a picture of a full, loving life taken too soon. Vanity Fair By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photography by LaToya Ruby Frazier A BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Ta-Nehisi Coates, photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier Shortly after midnight March 13, strangers shot and killed Breonna […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier: What Is The Human Cost Of Toxic Water And Environmental Racism?
TED Radio Hour By NPR/TED Staff We need water to live. But with rising seas and so many lacking clean water — water is in crisis and so are we. In this TED Radio Hour, speakers explore ideas around restoring our relationship with water. Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Our Relationship With […]
Enough of Trump: Using Art to Get Out the Vote
LA Weekly By: Shana Nys Dambrot “We’ve reached crisis proportions. I had to do something.” This is globally renowned, Los Angeles-based artist Ed Ruscha, commenting on his participation in a newly launched arts-based initiative and print sale to benefit People for the American Way’s pre-election outreach. The collection is titled simply and clearly: ENOUGH of […]