Vision & Justice: Aperture 223 (Aperture Magazine, 223) - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

<b>Guest edited by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, <i>Vision &#38; Justice</i> addresses the role of photography in the African American experience.</b><p>This award-winning issue of <i>Aperture</i> magazine was released in summer 2016, in a political moment defined by the close of the Obama era and the steady rise of #BlackLivesMatter activism. As a racial reckoning continues in the United States, this powerful issue remains an essential resource for understanding the role of art in the movement for equity and social justice. <p>Rooted in the prescient thinking of Frederick Douglass, and his argument that social progress requires pictures, “Vision &#38; Justice” includes a wide span of photographic projects by such luminaries as <b>Lyle Ashton Harris</b>, <b>Sally Mann</b>, <b>Jamel Shabazz</b>, <b>Lorna Simpson</b>, <b>Carrie Mae Weems</b>, and <b>Deborah Willis</b>, as well as the brilliant voices of a younger generation?<b>Devin Allen</b>, <b>Awol Erizku</b>, <b>LaToya Ruby Frazier</b>, <b>Deana Lawson</b>, and <b>Hank Willis Thomas</b>, among many others. Their portfolios are complemented by essays from some of the most influential voices in American culture, including contributions by celebrated writers, historians, and artists such as <b>Vince Aletti</b>, <b>Teju Cole</b>, <b>Ava DuVernay</b>, <b>Henry Louis Gates Jr.</b>, <b>Margo Jefferson</b>, <b>Wynton Marsalis</b>, and <b>Claudia Rankine</b>.<p>"Vision &#38; Justice” features two covers. This issue comes with an image by Awol Erizku, <i>Untitled (Forces of Nature #1)</i>, 2014.</p></p></p>

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.