Written by: The Village Voice
Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life
Acclaimed photographer Delphine Fawundu-Buford has got a wayfarer’s inability to settle down, and it shows. Her work examining black culture has appeared in nearly every venue available; it’s adorned greeting cards, graced album covers, and hung on the walls of temples to culture like the Brooklyn Museum. Her latest work-in-progress, the photo-essay Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life, features images alongside text of her subjects musing on topics like gay marriage, homophobia, and religion. Fawundu-Buford has turned her roving eye toward depictions of gay black and Latino men, and seen far beyond stereotypes like the bitchy queen and creepin’ husbands on the D.L. (Shalita)
Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 8, and Sundays from noon to 5 through July 6, Harriet’s Alter Ego 293 Flatbush Ave between St Mark’s and Prospect Pl Brooklyn, NY 11217 Park Slope (718) 783-2074 harrietsalterego.com, $free
The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego presents…
Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life
A Living Photo-Essay by Delphine Fawundu-Buford
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3, 2007, 3-6pm
On View: June 3 – July 6, 2007
The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Avenue
(btw. St. Marks & Prospect Pl.)
Brooklyn, New York 11217
718.783.2074 - www.harrietsalteregoonline.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 11-7pm
A photographer for over 15 years, Delphine Fawundu-Buford is among the ‘young lions’ of Black photography. Her work has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally by institutions like Museum of Contemporary Art of University of São Paulo, the International Center of Photography, the Anacostia Museum in Washington, DC and most notably the Brooklyn Museum of Art where her photograph, Patiently Waiting, graced the cover of the catalog-book of the “Committed to the Image” exhibition. She recently traveled to New Orleans as a Gulf Coast Fellow with the National Association of Black Journalists.
Reception sponsored by NYS Black Gay Network
Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life