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“When you look at these images, yes you should see race because that’s important, but you should also see any number of other concerns the photographers are raising.” — Antwaun Sargent
Antwaun Sargent is part of a new generation of writers, curators, and public intellectuals active in the art world and adjacent industries that have forged their path in no small part as Instagram influencers. For Sargent, this pioneering profile and fresh voice have culminated in a book and exhibition from the Aperture Foundation on the intersection of contemporary black photography and fashion. The book, The New Black Vanguard will be released on October 15, with the accompanying exhibition at Aperture opening on October 24, and running through January 18, 2020. In this video, Aperture sits down with Sargent to discuss his book and exhibition.
From Aperture:
The presentation of black figures and black runway and cover models in the media and art has been one marker of increasingly inclusive fashion and art communities. More critically, however, the contemporary visual vocabulary around beauty and the body has been reinfused with new vitality and substance thanks to an increase in powerful images authored by an international community of black photographers. In a richly illustrated essay, Sargent opens up the conversation around the role of the black body in the marketplace; the cross-pollination between art, fashion, and culture in constructing an image; and the institutional barriers that have historically been an impediment to black photographers participating more fully in the fashion (and art) industries.
