More than 100 images are on view through April 17.
, described the quality of work in the exhibit as “incredibly dynamic, youthful in spirit” and said the featured photographers are making “a big impact” in print and digital media.
In regard to the age-old is-fashion-photography-art debate, Barr said fashion photography has a long trajectory in the history of photography as an art form.
As for how fashion photography can perpetuate stereotypes and racism, Barr said, “This show, and a lot of the social justice messaging in it, transgresses those stereotypes. It looks at some of them, too. It’s doing a lot of different types of narrative exploration around Black identity and around culture.” A few of the featured artists are from Nigeria and South Africa, and have taken images in Lagos and Johannesburg, among other places.
“The New Black Vanguard” is connected to another DIA exhibition, “Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite,” which is in an adjacent gallery on through Jan. 16. The interconnected layout is designed to give visitors a more historical take on Black beauty as seen in Brathwaite’s photos of Black subjects in the 1960s. They then can walk into “The New Black Vanguard” to see the contemporary lens on Black fashion, beauty and style.
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