Diverse Portrait Artists — part 2 — Photography
Also in this series:
Part 1: Black and African Artists
Part 3: Hawaiian/Kanaka Maoli Artists
For the second part of my series, I want to focus on a few artists and website collectives who approach the technique of photography in various ways.
Angelica Dass is a Brazilian photographer whose work places portraits of an incredible diversity of people in front of a background of a matching Pantone color. I think her work is so important in terms of talking about the arbitrary divisions of race, and this dichotomy of understanding we are all unique and different, but so similar in so many important ways as well.
JR uses a photographic collage technique and displays his artwork on building around the world. He has also started the Inside Out Project to inspire people in communities across the world to share their stories through public art.
https://www.insideoutproject.net/en/
Tawny Chatmon is a photography based artist. I first discovered his work with his series, “The Redemption,” which was inspired by the gilded images of Gustav Klimt, and “celebrate and reinforce the beauty of Black hair, features, life, and culture.” On his website, however, I have discovered much more of his work, including more traditional photographic images.
Sally Davies is a street photographer in New York City.
https://www.sallydaviesphoto.com/
Victoria Villasana is a textile artist who adds embroidery to photographs to express and tell stories.
victoriavillasana.com
Min Hyunwoo is a Korean photographer.
https://minhyunwoo.co.kr/Project
https://www.instagram.com/minhyunwoo_/
The work of Pete Pin focuses on the Cambodian American community.
Communities and collections for diverse photographers/visual journalists:
https://indigenousphotograph.com/