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.

Copublished by Aperture and Documentary Arts

Author: Ming Smith
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 11/10/2020
Pages: 236
Weight: 3.6lbs
Size: 11.70h x 9.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781597114820

About the Author
Iduma, Emmanuel: - Emmanuel Iduma is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria, and New York. A contributor to publications, including Aperture, the New York Review of Books, BOMB, and British Journal of Photography, he is the author of The Sound of Things to Come (2016) and A Stranger's Pose (2018). He was associate curator for the inaugural Nigerian Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.Talbert, Janet Hill: - Janet Hill Talbert is a jewelry designer and former book editor living in New York. A publishing industry veteran who spent more than two decades as an editor, Talbert served as vice president at Doubleday and founded the African American book imprint Harlem Moon.Jayawardane, M. Neelika: - M. Neelika Jayawardane is associate professor of English at the State University of New York at Oswego, and research associate at the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, University of Johannesburg. Her work has appeared in Aperture, Frieze, and Al Jazeera English, among other publications, and she is a founding member of Africa Is a Country.
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