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Ernest Cole. The Photographer (Steidl & Partners, 2010)

The Photographer. Ernest Cole, Steidl & Partners, October 2010, 272 pages, 120 tritone plates, 27 cm x 29 cm, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-3-86930-137-2
From the publisher:
This book will for the first time enable Ernest Cole to be seen in the perspective of international photography where he surely deserves an honoured place, not simply for his remarkable courage and determination in the [...]

Eric Waters. The Solemn Sounds of Silence: A New Orleans Metaphor (Mason Murer Fine Art, 2010)

The Solemn Sounds of Silence: A New Orleans Metaphor. Photographs by Eric Waters. Poetry by Kevin Sipp,  Mason Murer Fine Art, 2010, $40.00.
I couldn’t find any more information about this publication (and that’s not the cover—I can’t find an image of it but that is one of the works from an [...]

Charmaine Nelson, Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada (Cambridge & Scholars, 2010)

Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada. Charmaine Nelson, Cambridge & Scholars, December 2010, isbn13: 978-1-4438-2564-1.
From the publisher:

Ebony Roots, Northern Soil is a powerful and timely collection of critical essays exploring the experiences, histories and cultural engagements of black Canadians. Drawing from postcolonial, critical race and black feminist theory, this innovative anthology brings [...]

Cherise Smith. Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith (Duke, 2011)

Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith. Cherise Smith, Duke University Press, 2011, 336 pages, 58 illus., including 18 color plates, paperback, ISBN 978-0-8223-4799-6, $24.95.

From the publisher:

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The artists Adrian Piper, Eleanor Antin, Anna Deavere Smith, and Nikki S. Lee have all crossed racial, ethnic, gender, and [...]

Printed Matter Seeks an Executive Director

Job title: Executive Director, Printed Matter, Inc.
Permanent full time position, beginning July 1, 2011, or no later than September 15, 2011
Salary: To be determined, based on current role and prior experience
Printed Matter is seeking an ambitious, visionary Executive Director who is eager to build on Printed Matter’s history and achievements. The successful candidate will have [...]

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  • Taking a Break February 6, 2012
    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
  • What if there were no more art galleries? February 6, 2012
    6×6 – An Art Version of a Music Festival ABOUT THIS PROJECT What is 6×6? Beginning on September 8, 2011, our roaming gallery Baang and Burne Contemporary will present 6×6, (six by six) a series of six, back to back, one week only art exhibitions in New York City. 6×6 was created by artists, for artists. Essentially 6×6, is [.. […]
  • The Stoop Gallery Call for Submissions February 6, 2012
    The Stoop Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show date and theme: Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives. July 30, 2011 This week, Psychology Today published an article focusing on why African American women are less physically attractive than other women. The methodology of the research was not m […]