TY - BOOK ID - 137961294 TI - Ming Smith AU - Smith, Ming AU - Iduma, Emmanuel AU - Govenar, Alan B. AU - Serpell, Namwali AU - M. Neelika, Jayawardane AU - Tate, Greg AU - Obrist, Hans Ulrich AU - Jafa, Arthur AU - M. Neelika PY - 2020 SN - 9781597114820 1597114820 PB - New York, NY Dallas, TX Aperture Foundation Documentary Arts DB - UniCat KW - Smith, Ming KW - Photography, Artistic KW - African Americans KW - African American women photographers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137961294 AB - "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"-- ER -