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“These artifacts are the forensic evidence of Black life and events in the United States.” -Wendel A. WhiteManifest | Thirteen Colonies is a photographic project and journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries, museums, and archives of the original thirteen English colonies and Washington, DC. Conceived by photographer Wendel A. White, this project is a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public collections. Accompanying his imagery, White discusses his approach to finding, selecting, and photographing artifacts—from rare singular objects to more quotidian materials—and highlights their significance as forensic evidence of Black life and history in the United States.
Sommario
Introduction by Ilisa Barbash
Statement on Manifest by Wendel A. White
Conversation between the artist and Deborah Willis
Fact/Artifact by Cheryl Finley
Letting Air and Light on the Wound by Leigh Raiford
Conversation between the artist and Brenda Dione Tindal
Further Reading
Info autore
Wendel A. White (b. 1956, Newark, NJ) is Distinguished Professor of Art at Stockton University and has taught photography at the School of Visual Arts; The Cooper Union; the International Center of Photography; and the Rochester Institute of Technology. His work has received various awards and fellowships, including: Doctor of Arts (hc), Oakland University; Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography; Bunn Lectureship in Photography; three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts; Graham Foundation; and New Works Photography Fellowship from En Foco Inc. His work is represented in museum and corporate collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Museum of
Contemporary Photography, Chicago.Ilisa Barbash is the Curator of Visual Anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Anthropology & Ethnology at Harvard University. She is a filmmaker and writer in addition to her curatorial work. She made the films In and Out of Africa (1992), about authenticity and taste in the transnational trade in African art, and Sweetgrass (2009), about contemporary sheep ranching in Montana (with Lucien Castaing-Taylor.) Together they co-wrote Cross-cultural Filmmaking: A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Video, and co-edited The Cinema of Robert Gardner. Her most recent project is the book, Where the Roads All End (2015) about the Marshall Family Photographic Collection and the visual representation of the Ju/'hoansi in 1950s Namibia.
Riassunto
“These artifacts are the forensic evidence of Black life and events in the United States.” -Wendel A. White
Manifest | Thirteen Colonies is a photographic project and journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries, museums, and archives of the original thirteen English colonies and Washington, DC. Conceived by photographer Wendel A. White, this project is a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public collections. Accompanying his imagery, White discusses his approach to finding, selecting, and photographing artifacts—from rare singular objects to more quotidian materials—and highlights their significance as forensic evidence of Black life and history in the United States.
Prefazione
-Museum exhibition at Peabody Museum-programming at Peabody Museum (reception in mid-May, book launch and signing in fall 2024)
-email, newsletter campaign
-social media
