Ming Smith: an Aperture Monograph |
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| Photographer:
| Smith, Ming |
| Contribution by:
| Iduma, Emmanuel
Talbert, Janet Hill
Jayawardane, M. Neelika
Serpell, Namwali
Tate, Greg
Jafa, Arthur
Obrist, Hans Ulrich
Murray, Yxta Maya |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59711-482-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2021 |
| Publisher: | Aperture Foundation, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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Ming Smith's poetic and experimental images are icons of twentieth-century African American life. One of the greatest artist-photographers working today, Smith moved 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,...
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Ming Smith's poetic and experimental images are icons of twentieth-century African American life. One of the greatest artist-photographers working today, Smith moved 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.
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