"People say Brazil is a beautiful country where everyone is racially mixed and different races get along, but that's not our reality." This is something that I, personally, am guilty of believing and at times, even preaching. No place is paradise, and racial fluidiy is not an answer to social injustice; regardless of how peaceful … Read More →
Tag Archives: Media
Half-Life // June 1st @ The Kitchen Gallery
Check the Trailer! (Apologise about the link. ...Embeddable video is no where to be found. Parallel is not lazy!)
Half-Life is screening in NYC on June 1st as part of a series presented by the Whitney Museum. Please come check it out or forward to your friends - an excellent turnout could help the film get … Read More →
Zion I “Geek To The Beat” // Music Video
Zion I make the best hip hop videos; this would be the latest. Really, you must support this because it's so rare that you see a hip hop video now days without the perpetual fashion photography aesthetic (white background, black and white, sexy girls, yelling at the camera, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.)
Cleanse the … Read More →
Helen Levitt 1913-2009 // Daylight Magazine
I really love the Daylight Magazine digital situation. In the video posted, they feature Helen Levitt. She recently passed away (1913-2009), and I was unaware of her work until seeing this video. She really was an amazing photographer. One thing that really caught my attention was that she used a lense with angled mirrors so … Read More →
Mickalene Thomas//She’s Come Undone!
Mickalene Thomas's solo show at Lehmann Maupin is up until May 2nd, 2009. Her elaborate work often incorporates bold colors and rhinestones, and retells and imagines stories about the feminine. Hailing from the Yale MFA program and a residency at Studio Museum in Harlem, this show is not to be missed. … Read More →
what is wrong with these pictures part 2
I have to admit, part one of “what is wrong with this picture?” was confusing because it was incomplete. The truth is I forgot to include the companion picture. A little explanation these two pictures are from the same CNN homepage. One is the main … Read More →