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How Ming Smith Used the Camera to Write Poems of Black Life

How Ming Smith Used the Camera to Write Poems of Black Life

For half a century, Ming Smith has blazed her own path, creating photographs celebrating the beauty, power, and strength of the Black experience.

Oopdeedoo, Brooklyn, 1976 © Ming Smith, courtesy the artist and Aperture

Throughout her extraordinary life, Ming Smith has blazed a trail, becoming a pioneering figure in front of and behind the camera. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Smith grew up ami...

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