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 Photography Now (Second Edition)
by Susan Bright (Author)
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 2 edition (October 24, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0500289425
ISBN-13: 978-0500289426
“An essential book for anyone interested in contemporary photography.” — ArtReview
Leading artists such as Andreas Gursky, Cindy Sherman, Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin and Martin Parr, Gregory Crewdson, Candida Ho¨fer, Gabriel Orozco, and Wolfgang Tillmans are featured alongside emerging international figures, including Viviane Sassen, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Leigh Ladure. The introduction explores the historical relationship between art and photography from the early nineteenth century, and a new final chapter looks at the changes photography has undergone in recent years. (254 full-color and 21 black-and-white photographs)
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New book by Thames & Hudson
LaToya’s work will be published in the book titled AUTO FOCUS: The Self Portrait in Contemporary Art by Susan Bright. (Thames and Hudson).
Greater New York 2010
Published by MoMA PS1
Text by Klaus Biesenbach, Cornelia H. Butler, Neville Wakefield.
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: MoMA PS1 (October 31, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0984177620
ISBN-13: 978-0984177622
The third iteration of the quintennial exhibition organized by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Museum of Modern Art, Greater New York 2010 showcases emerging artists who are living and working in the metropolitan New York area. Covering a full range of practices and media, and eagerly anticipated throughout the art community, the 2010 exhibition and catalogue present new works by more than 70 artists of diverse backgrounds, allowing each of them a significant area of space in P.S.1’s expansive galleries in which to show new work or work that has been made in the past five years. This year, Greater New York is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, P.S.1 Director and MoMA Chief Curator at Large; Connie Butler, MoMA Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawing; and Neville Wakefield, P.S.1 Senior Curatorial Advisor.
Exhibition information: http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/310