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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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