Author Topic: A really excellent essay on photographing blackness  (Read 907 times)

hookstrapped

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A really excellent essay on photographing blackness
« on: February 19, 2015, 08:41:20 PM »
and what it has meant and can mean, featuring the work of Roy DeCarava

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/magazine/a-true-picture-of-black-skin.html#
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Re: A really excellent essay on photographing blackness
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2015, 09:32:04 PM »
I was pointed to this earlier via twitter-fantastic article,thanks for highlighting it.

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Re: A really excellent essay on photographing blackness
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 02:15:04 PM »
My copy of the magazine arrived this morning.  That's the most thoughtful article on photography I've read in quite a while.  Thanks!

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Re: A really excellent essay on photographing blackness
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2015, 12:00:09 PM »
Fascinating at many levels. I read over lunch the other day accordingly. Thanks for posting...