What Matters Most : Photographs of Black Life

Martin, Dawn Lundy; Moten, Fred; Harney, Stefano. What Matters Most : Photographs of Black Life. Munich, Germany: DelMonico Books / Prestel Publishing; Toronto, Ont.: Art Gallery of Ontario/Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, 2022.

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Abstract (English)

"Thoughtfully illustrated, this volume highlights a selection of photographs of African American family life between the 1970s and the early 2000s—pictures that were lost by their original owners and then found by the artist Zun Lee on a street in Detroit in 2012, marking the beginning of the Fade Resistance collection of more than 4,000 Polaroids. Lee describes the collection as an important record of Black visual self-representation and a means to “reflect the way Black people saw themselves on their terms—without the intention of being seen, or judged, by others.” To Lee, these powerful photographs are an expression of “Black life mattering.”" -- Distributor's website.

Types: Anthologies, essays, collections ; Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors: Lee, Zun (Editor); Hackett, Sophie (Editor); Martin, Dawn Lundy (Author); Moten, Fred (Author); Harney, Stefano (Author); Jost, Stephan (Prefacer)
Dossier: 700 - ART ET LA DIASPORA NOIRE / ART AND THE BLACK DIASPORA
Collation: 191 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781942884941
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Munich, Germany: DelMonico Books / Prestel Publishing; Toronto, Ont.: Art Gallery of Ontario/Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario
Critics / Curators / Historians: Lee, Zun; Hackett, Sophie
Event Title: What Matters Most : Photographs of Black Life
Type: Exhibition
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario)
Dates: 27 August 2022 - 8 January 2023
Keywords: BLACK DIASPORA; DAILY LIFE; PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; INTIMACY; POLAROID
Copyright Statement: Art Gallery of Ontario; Jesús Cos Causse; Aracelis Girmay; Stefano Harney; Zun Lee; Dawn Lundy Martin; Fred Moten; Ronaldo Wilson
Deposited by: Artexte Catalogueur
Date Deposited: 12 Aug 2022 20:27
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2024 20:52
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/34285
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