The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

Author: Sargent, AntwaunBrand: ApertureEdition: IllustratedBinding: HardcoverFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 304Release Date: 29-10-2019Part Number: 225 Illustrations, colorDetails: In The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion, curator and critic Antwaun Sargent addresses a radical transformation taking place in fashion and art today. The featuring of the Black figure and Black runway and cover models in the media and art has been one marker of increasingly inclusive fashion and art communities. More critically, however, the contemporary visual vocabulary around beauty and the body has been reinfused with new vitality and substance thanks to an increase in powerful images authored by an international community of Black photographers. In a richly illustrated essay, Sargent opens up the conversation around the role of the Black body in the marketplace; the cross-pollination between art, fashion, and culture in constructing an image; and the institutional barriers th