Photographer Nora Faustine's series White Shoes reveals New York's role in the transatlantic slave trade

Nona Faustine’s self-portrait series, “White Shoes,” highlights the city’s historic role in the transatlantic slave trade, as well as broader narratives about the perception of Black bodies in the arts.

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