Flint is Family in Three Acts
Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2022
ISBN 9783958297531,
Gebunden, 324Seiten, 75,00 EUR
Klappentext
Mit 176 Fotos. In englischer Sprache. Frazier first traveled to Flint in 2016, as part of a magazine commission to create a photo essay about the water crisis. During that trip she met Shea Cobb, a Flint poet, activist and mother who became Frazier's collaborator in what would evolve into a five-year body of work. Divided into three acts, "Flint is Family" follows Cobb as she fights for her family's and community's health and wellbeing.
Act I introduces Cobb, her family and The Sister Tour, a collective of women artists. Act II follows Cobb and Zion to Newton, Mississippi, where they move in with Cobb's father, Douglas R. Smiley. Act III documents the arrival of a 26,000-pound atmospheric water generator to Flint in 2019 that Frazier, Cobb and her best friend Amber Hasan-a hip-hop artist, herbalist and community organizer- helped set up and operate in their neighborhood. "Flint is Family in Three Acts" is a twenty-first- century survey of the American landscape that reveals the persistent segregation and racism which haunts it. It is also a story of a community's strength, pride, and resilience in the face of a crisis that is still ongoing. Co-published with The Gordon Parks Foundation
Mit 176 Fotos. In englischer Sprache. Frazier first traveled to Flint in 2016, as part of a magazine commission to create a photo essay about the water crisis. During that trip she met Shea Cobb, a Flint poet, activist and mother who became Frazier's collaborator in what would evolve into a five-year body of work. Divided into three acts, "Flint is Family" follows Cobb as she fights for her family's and community's health and wellbeing.
Act I introduces Cobb, her family and The Sister Tour, a collective of women artists. Act II follows Cobb and Zion to Newton, Mississippi, where they move in with Cobb's father, Douglas R. Smiley. Act III documents the arrival of a 26,000-pound atmospheric water generator to Flint in 2019 that Frazier, Cobb and her best friend Amber Hasan-a hip-hop artist, herbalist and community organizer- helped set up and operate in their neighborhood. "Flint is Family in Three Acts" is a twenty-first- century survey of the American landscape that reveals the persistent segregation and racism which haunts it. It is also a story of a community's strength, pride, and resilience in the face of a crisis that is still ongoing. Co-published with The Gordon Parks Foundation
Rezensionsnotiz zu
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18.08.2022
Rezensent Andrian Kreye geht der Fotoband von LaToya Ruby Frazier über die Wasserkrise in Flint, Michigan an die Substanz. Die Bilder der von Trinkwasserverunreiningung betroffenen Menschen, vor allem armer Afroamerikaner, erinnern ihn an diejenigen des Fotoreporters W. Eugene Smith von der Meeresvergiftung vorm japanischen Minamata in den frühen 1970ern. Wie auf den Fotos das Drama in kleinen Gesten offenbar wird (etwa beim Zähneputzen mit abgepacktem Wasser), scheint Kreye die Meisterschaft der Fotografin zu belegen. In den Bildern von der Umweltkatastrophe spiegelt sich nicht zuletzt ein neuer Klassenkampf, meint der Rezensent.
Rezensent Andrian Kreye geht der Fotoband von LaToya Ruby Frazier über die Wasserkrise in Flint, Michigan an die Substanz. Die Bilder der von Trinkwasserverunreiningung betroffenen Menschen, vor allem armer Afroamerikaner, erinnern ihn an diejenigen des Fotoreporters W. Eugene Smith von der Meeresvergiftung vorm japanischen Minamata in den frühen 1970ern. Wie auf den Fotos das Drama in kleinen Gesten offenbar wird (etwa beim Zähneputzen mit abgepacktem Wasser), scheint Kreye die Meisterschaft der Fotografin zu belegen. In den Bildern von der Umweltkatastrophe spiegelt sich nicht zuletzt ein neuer Klassenkampf, meint der Rezensent.