Monthly Archives: February, 2009
Harris, Lyle Ashton. Blow Up (Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2008)
Lyle Ashton Harris: Blow Up. Essays by Cassandra Coblentz, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, and Kwame Anthony Appiah, Introduction by Susan Krane. Conversation with Senam Okudzeto, Gregory R. Miller & Co., June 2008, 50 color and 25 black and white images, Paperback (linen cover), ISBN: 978-0-9743648-9-6, US $50.00.
For many the title Blow Up refers to Michelangelo Antonioni’s [...]
A Shady Promise by Wangechi Mutu (Damiani, 2008)
A Shady Promise. Wangechi Mutu, text by Isolde Brielmaier and Malik Gaines, Damiani, 2008, ISBN 978 88 6208 021 7, 40.00 EUR.
(Not strictly photography, but the gorgeous end-paper odalisque self?-portraits were what compelled me to buy it. Maybe I can get them scanned.)
A shady promise, first monograph by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu, deals with the [...]
a wealth of new titles
My recent vacation in London and Paris turned out to be a real working holiday for me, as I spent a great deal of time in libraries and bookstores searching for books by black photographers. I was like a kid in the proverbial candy store! Thrillingly, I came away with at least a dozen new [...]
Humble postcards
Amani Olu, curator, web designer, and all-around arts wunderkind recently rolled out Humble Postcards, a new project that helps emerging photographers gain exposure while raising funds for the Humble Arts Foundation. HAF was one of the first online galleries to showcase up and coming photography talent, inspiring a host of other online galleries and collectives [...]