MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
All tagged black history
Trauma through separation (dismemberment) is a prevalent topic within the discussion of African diaspora in America, and for good reason. Naomieh Jovin incorporates her own family albums to illustrate intergenerational trauma and resistance, focusing on how these traumas are carried through the past and the physical body. Her work has been featured in Aperture, LensCulture Critics’ Award, 2021, the 2021 Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and more.
Nona Faustine: I’ve definitely grown as an artist and as a photographer. The theme of my relationship to the history of this country as a New Yorker and as an African American remains the same.
The African American Day Parade in Harlem is held every September, typically with participants from at least 12 states.It is one of the largest African American parades. It begins in Harlem at West 111th Street and goes north along Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Ave.) ending at West 136th Street.
Maintaining cool in the midst of blatant racism was imperative for survival. The response to incessant vitriol, degradation, brutality, and imprisonment was to maintain a level of “unbotheredness”, a detachment from any sort of care about being on the margins of society. Hence, the origins of the Black aesthetic of cool is intrinsically linked to African-Americans difficulty, and sometimes inability, to navigate freely in American society.
These photographs resonated deeply with Parks, who had never seen an image communicate so much with a single shot. They hummed with humanity, reaching out from a wellspring of emotion that inspired Parks to pick up a camera and teach himself the craft. Despite his lack of professional training, Parks pursued photography with a dedication and ambition that quickly landed him a spot alongside his photography heroes at the Farm Security Administration.
