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A bad pun or a bad idea?

Written by Carla on December 15, 2009 — Leave a Comment

An update today at Publishers Weekly:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6711692
(I find the specific criticism of this image really surprising and unfounded. Poor Lauren Kelly—is the image itself—nevermind the headline—really that disturbing? I thought it was witty and stunning, and it’s always great to see the work of black photographers on the cover of anything, frankly. Are Afros and [...]

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I’d call this a rave review

Written by Carla on December 6, 2009 — Leave a Comment

From today’s New York Times (congrats, Deb!):
Whether the lashed back of an enslaved person, the charred remains of a lynching victim or a terrified marcher fleeing a fire hose, shocking images of degradation seem to dominate the visual history of the African-American experience. Amid so much hardship, one might wonder what, if anything, to say [...]

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Willis, Deborah. Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present (Norton, 2009)

Written by Carla on October 21, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present Deborah Willis. Norton, $49.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-06696-8

Creative Loafing Review 10.20.09
Review in The Herald (Scotland) 09.28.09

Publisher’s Weekly review 09.28.09:

Willis (Reflections in Black), a MacArthur fellow and chair of New York University’s photography department, curates a collection of iconic portraits and snapshots by anonymous photographers in a “history [...]

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Obama at #15

Written by Carla on November 24, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Poli-Book Best Seller List
Based on sales for weeks ending Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, 2008
15. Obama, by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. (Amistad, $26.95.) Photographs capturing Obama’s 18-month campaign to the presidency.
Rankings reflect aggregated sales for the weeks ending October 25 through November 15, 2008 at many thousands of venues where a wide range of [...]

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Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs (Amistad, 2008)

Written by Carla on September 11, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs. Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida, Amistad, October 2008, 160 pages, 10 x 8 x 0.6 inches, ISBN-10: 006173309/ ISBN-13: 978-0061733093, hardcover, US $26.95.
Book-signings:
Thursday, October 30, 5-7pm
Saturday, November 1, 2-4pm
Lecia Gallery – NYC
Oskar Barnack Room
670 Broadway
New York City 10012
(212) 777-3051
leicaphoto@aol.com
Product Description
Through 150 striking color photographs, Obama: The Historic [...]

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