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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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 […]
Installation view #museumshutdown
LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze Contemporary And Hundreds of independent art and museums spaces were forced to close due to the Corona-Crisis. In this series we are celebrating the fantastic artistic events that are right now sitting behind closed doors. Take a look on how visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier turns her camera toward […]
In Memoriam A Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
The Brooklyn Rail by Jane Ursula Harris I met Genesis in 2007 at the opening of a show I’d curated called Keeping Up With The Joneses. Along with work by Pope.L, Laurel Nakadate, LaToya Ruby Frazier (in her New York City debut), among others, it featured a photo of Lady Jaye in their Gates Avenue […]
The African-American Art Shaping the 21st Century
New York Times Prominent black artists on the work that inspires them most. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. Jordan Peele. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Kara Walker. Ava DuVernay. It’s the first time since the 1970s that black art, history and political life have come together […]
THE ARTIST’S EDIT: May Day
Gavin Brown’s enterprise presents…“MAY DAY” by LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER This playlist is dedicated to all the essential workers, healthcare workers, the poor, working-class people of this nation and all around the world, to the uninsured, disabled, detained, to the prisoners, to the sick who can’t get their medication because politicians and pharmaceutical companies would rather […]