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Coreen Simpson : a monograph.
Fine Arts Library TR681.B52 S56 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, Coreen, 1942- photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Simpson, Coreen, 1942-.
- Simpson, Coreen.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Black-and-white photography.
- Portraits--Black people--20th century.
- Portraits.
- art photography.
- black-and-white photography.
- Genre:
- photobooks.
- Photobooks.
- Physical Description:
- 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Aperture, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Coreen Simpson—photographer, writer, jeweler—has done it all. Working for publications such as Essence, Unique New York, and The Village Voice, from the late 1970s onward, Simpson covered New York’s art and fashion scenes, producing portraits of a wide range of Black artists, literary figures, and celebrities. Her iconic jewelry, the Black Cameo, has been worn by everyone from the model Iman to civil-rights leader Rosa Parks. This long-awaited volume, Simpson’s first, features her celebrated B-Boys series—portraits of young people coming of age during the early years of hip-hop—as well as her experiments with collage and other formal interventions. An assortment of essays and an extended interview offer powerful reflections on Simpson’s unique blend of portraiture, sartorial politics, and her riveting story of an intrepid life in journalism, art, and fashion" --Publisher's website
- Contents:
- Series editors' note / Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis
- Fashioning the self / Bridget R. Cooks
- Early works
- Harlem studio portraits
- B-boys & hip-hop
- Nitebirds/nightlife
- Fashion
- Church
- Artists
- Celebrity portraits
- Collage & experimentation
- The erotics of Coreen Simpson / Doreen St. Félix
- "If you're not born with it, I feel sorry for your ass" : style, self-empowerment, and Coreen Simpson's black cameo / Rujeko Hockley
- Pictures in my mind / Jonathan Michael Square
- Pictorial fabulations / Valerie Cassel Oliver
- The aesthetics of defiance / Awol Erizku
- "Giving their permission to be photographed" : iconic black women / Salamishah Tillet
- The lives of Coreen Simpson / Conversation with Deborah Willis
- Style as political statement / Sarah Lewis
- Chronology / Compiled by JaBrea Patterson-West
- Contributors
- About the Vision & Justice book series
- Acknowledgements
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1597115851
- 9781597115858
- OCLC:
- 1458613927
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