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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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 […]
CLOSE-UP: AMERICAN IDLE — Zack Hatfield on LaToya Ruby Frazier’s “The Last Cruze,” 2019
Artforum By: Zack Hatfield Frazier has always addressed the untenability of how things are with an art that pushes beyond the purview of representation, one that prioritizes the assembly of communities and archives over commodities. PEOPLE IN MOTION. This was General Motors’ slogan when Sherria and Jason Duncan were hired at the company’s factory on […]
Announcing the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows
The National Geographic Society’s nine new Storytelling Fellows will embark upon a year-long project to explore timely issues the world needs to hear using a variety of storytelling mediums. The National Geographic Society has announced the selection of the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows. Nominated for their dedication and commitment to shining a light on […]
Defying narratives of suffering, Kennedi Carter’s powerful images center Black joy
Document Journal Text by: Des Magness Photography by: Kennedi Carter The 21-year-old photographer on leaving art school, combatting the erasure of Black cowboys, and why she’s not moving to New York or LA Focused on tenderness and gentle beauty, 21-year-old photographer Kennedi Carter captures Black American narratives with a fresh and nuanced voice. Carter’s intimate […]
These Powerful Photos Prove How Universal Motherhood Really Is
BuzzFeed News by Kate Bubacz “Interestingly, in art, even though it is so fundamental, real-life depictions of motherhood have been underrepresented over the course of history.” Motherhood unites us all — everyone, no matter your relationship, has a mother. The digital exhibition on view at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago beautifully explores this […]
Where Are the Photos of People Dying of Covid?
New York Times by Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Lewis In times of crisis, stark images of sacrifice or consequence have often moved masses to act. Recently, a friend, colleague and mentor, the cultural historian and critic Maurice Berger, died at 63 of complications from the coronavirus. Every day that passes, particularly as I hear the wail […]