"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"--
Ming Smiths poetic and experimental images are icons oftwentieth-century African American life.
One of the greatestartist-photographers working today, Smith moved to New Yorkin the 1970s and began to make images charged with startlingbeauty and spiritual energy. This long-awaited monograph bringstogether four decades of Smiths work, celebrating her trademarklyricism, distinctively blurred silhouettes, dynamic street scenes,and deep devotion to theater, music, poetry, and dancefromthe Pittsburgh Cycle plays of August Wilson to the Afrofuturismof Sun Ra. With never-before-seen images, and a range ofilluminating essays and interviews, this tribute to Smiths singularvision promises to be an enduring contribution to the history ofAmerican photography.
Copublished by Aperture and Documentary Arts
