Overview
Focusing on fine art and documentary photography, this book provides a racially diverse and culturally inclusive version of photography history and its contemporary manifestations. Who’s documenting the evolution of photography as it is happening now from an inclusive, transnational perspective? This is the challenge this book aims to address. The collection is the print manifestation of the Dodge and Burn art photography blog actively published from 2007 to 2018, including a selection of 35 interviews with photographers and art professionals from underrepresented communities—those of African, Asian, Latinx/é and Native American heritage. It captures fascinating accounts of artists of color and the broad range of their challenges and successes: aspirations, photo series and photobooks, earning a living, discrimination, photography education, photographic practice, socio-political conversations, and more. Decolonization and Diversity in Contemporary Photography is a powerful collection that celebrates and exhibits the talents of underrepresented artists. It is essential reading for both photography students and aspiring photographers.
Full Product Details
Author: Qiana Mestrich
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.760kg
ISBN: 9781138956629
ISBN 10: 1138956627
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 06 March 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“This compilation of interviews, critical essays, and a resource guide is a cherished gift, especially to those long-time fans of the Dodge & Burn photography blog. Readers are left with an intimate understanding of each photo-based artist’s distinct path as practicing image makers, along with narrated insights into their joys and challenges. Mestrich deftly addresses what it means to be a photographer swimming against the currents of the more canonical history of the medium. So too does she demonstrate how a life in photography is as dynamic and nuanced as the diversity of people who embody its range of artistic possibilities.” - Emilie Chesnutt Boone, Assistant Professor of Art History, New York University
Author Information
Qiana Mestrich is an interdisciplinary artist, photo historian, educator and writer. Born and raised in New York City to immigrant parents from Panama and Croatia, Mestrich's autobiographical artwork and research engages issues around Black, mixed-race identity, motherhood/mothering and women’s corporate labor. A graduate of the ICP-Bard College MFA in Advanced Photographic Practice, Mestrich received her B.A. with a concentration in photography from Sarah Lawrence College. She was an adjunct faculty in photography and social media at the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY). In 2022, Mestrich was awarded the Magnum Foundation Counter Histories grant for her @WorkingWOC Instagram archive project on women of color in the corporate workplace.
