Ming Smith
New York, NY : Aperture Foundation ; Dallas, TX : Documentary Arts, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
"A long-awaited monograph on photographer Ming Smith, whose poetic and experimental images have become icons of twentieth-century African American life. One of the greatest artist-photographers working today, Smith moved from the Midwest to New York in the 1970s and began to make images charged with startling beauty and spiritual energy. This long-awaited monograph brings together four decades of Smith's work, celebrating her trademark lyricism, distinctively blurred silhouettes, dynamic street scenes, and deep devotion to theater, music, poetry, and dance-from the "Pittsburgh Cycle" plays of August Wilson to the Afrofuturism of Sun Ra. With never-before-seen images, and a range of illuminating essays and interviews, this tribute to Smith's singular vision promises to be an enduring contribution to the history of American photography. Copublished by Aperture and Documentary Arts"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Foreword / Alan Govenar -- A portrait of the artist / Ming Smith in conversation with Janet Hill Talbert -- The shimmering go-between / Namwali Serpell -- A song they can't broadcast / M. Neelika Jayawardane -- Beauty is in the eye / Yxta Maya Murray -- As seen from a distance / Emmanuel Iduma -- The sound she saw / Arthur Jafa in conversation with Greg Tate -- Flash of the spirit / Ming Smith in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Subjects:
Photography, Artistic.
African Americans -- Pictorial works.
African American women photographers -- Interviews.
Photography, Artistic.
African Americans -- Pictorial works.
African American women photographers -- Interviews.
ISBN:
9781597114820
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ART Photography Documentary Smi | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
"An Aperture monograph."
Includes bibliographical references (page 234).
Includes bibliographical references (page 234).