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Thomas, Hank Willis. Pitch Blackness (Aperture, 2008)

Pitch Blackness. Hank Willis Thomas, Aperture, October 2008, 128 Pages, ca. 125 four-color images, 8×10 inches (20×25 cm), ISBN: 978-1-59711-072-3, Hardcover, $35.
On February 2, 2000, Songha Thomas Willis was shot to death outside a Philadelphia nightclub. He was 27 years old. The takeaway? A $400 gold chain. It’s the story [...]

Hank Willis Thomas interview

Check out this interview with Hank Willis Thomas in PhotoEye magazine online, http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/features/2008/12_03_Hank_Willis_Thomas.cfm, in which he talks about his monograph Pitch Blackness.

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