"It has always been a radical act for a Black woman in America to dare to dream. Sometimes it is even dangerous."
- Dr. A.S. Reniqua Allen-Lamphere
If you have watched any television or films about Black life recently, you have almost certainly come across a striking photograph of a six year old standing alongside her aunt in Alabama under a Colo...
"Various textures, scarring, and mending of paper and canvas evoke tensions and symbolize trauma manifesting in our collective psyche. This piece documents activities and rituals of one African American family living in the rural South under Jim Crow. "
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
Citizen.Coping
Méndez-Ortiz centers the Black woman in her homage to Gordon Parks's famous 1956 photograph.
Mendez-Ortiz kept the central figures of this iconic image and dramatically altered the setting by collaging found photographs from magazines, personal archives.
Parks Entrance, 2023
Chandra Méndez-Ortiz
