SZA Turns Down Cover for Undisclosed Publication After They Refused to Let Her Use a Black Photographer, Post Rehashes Debate About Inclusivity
R&B songstress
SZA aired out her frustrations on social media this week after revealing to fans that a publication she was set to collaborate with refused to let her use a Black photographer for an upcoming magazine shoot.
In a Twitter post that has since garnered over 82,000 likes since its posting on Tuesday, May 25, the “Good Days” singer wrote, “I requested a black photographer for a cover n the mag told me no lol its 2021.. and almost Juneteenth.” The 30-year-old added, “Respectfully I can’t do it ♀️.”
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Simone Leigh
Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s “Summer Series: Featured Artists and Conversations” program returns with a full lineup of live, in-person events this summer, according to a news release.
“The Summer Series: Featured Artists and Conversations speakers at Anderson Ranch are dynamic and diverse,” Anderson Ranch President and CEO Peter Waanders said in a news release. “The 2021 series will bring a wide variety of voices and dialog to the campus throughout the summer. We look forward to a great season of big ideas and stimulating dialog here at the Ranch.”
The lineup includes contemporary painter Alexis Rockman on July 8, 2021 International Artist honoree Simone Leigh in conversation with author Saidiya Hartman on July 16, photographer Tyler Mitchell on July 22, multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams on July 29 and curator Scott Rothkopf on Aug. 5. All talks will take place at 12:30 p.m. on the scheduled date at the Anderson Ranch campus.
Photographer Tyler Mitchell Invites Us to Join his MasterClass
Photographer Tyler Mitchell Invites Us to Join his MasterClass
Dive into a 11 video series of what it is like to be behind the lens with a young groundbreaking photographer that is changing the rules of the industry.
Dive into a 11 video series of what it is like to be behind the lens with a young groundbreaking photographer that is changing the rules of the industry.
May 21, 2021
Today, photographer Tyler Mitchell lends his expertise to the MasterClass platform, via a series of video lessons on “storytelling through portrait photography”. The 26-year-old photographer made his mark when the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery asked to take one of his portraits he created for Vogue, their first Black photographer to shoot a cover, for its permanent collection in 2019. Now, he is making history again as one of the youngest to appear on the acclaimed platform, where he joins fellow photographers Annie Leibovitz an
By Diane Patrick and Calvin Reid | May 14, 2021
The power of literature to address the history of the oppression of Indigenous peoples in North America and chart their futures has never been more important. As the U.S. experiences a wave of popular concern about social justice issues, publishers are really just beginning to embrace a growing number of works on such topics as ancestral domains and land rights of Indigenous communities; preservation of their languages, traditions, rituals, and cultural knowledge; and, just as important, the reimagining of their lives through the storytelling of contemporary Indigenous authors.
PW contacted a variety of publishers to find out how their programs serve the needs of Indigenous readers and their communities. We spoke with
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