Ruby LaToya Frazier
Ruby LaToya Frazier is an award-winning photographer. She was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1982. Braddock is a rather run-down and poverty-stricken town. Braddock had a major influence on the kind of subjects she wanted to photograph. Frazier works in photography, video, and performance to show visual representations of industrialism, rustbelt revitalizations, environmental justice, healthcare inequality, and communal history. She shoots photos that open people's eyes of what is really going on in the world. However, she is currently an Associates Professor of Photography at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, though she has previously held other academic and cultural positions, including positions at Yale University of Art.
Ruby LaToya Frazier has several pieces of popular and recognized work. Some of her most famous collections include The Notion of Family, Gray Area, and Flint Lives Matter. My personal favorite photograph shot by her is a photo from the collection Flint Lives Matter. The photo is of a boy, who is attending a protest rally that was awaiting President Barack Obama in Flint, Michigan, who is holding up a sign that reads, "STOP THE VIOLENCE INCREASE THE EDUCATION & PEACE".
This picture strikes the heart on an emotional level instantly, not only because of what the protester's sign read, but because of the fact that this is a child holding up this sign with these words. When children are involved, you know there's an issue going on.
Frazier is an amazing photographer with amazing aspirations. Her photographs speak to people without saying a word. That is the sign of an above adequate photographer. Ruby LaToya Frazier's work is absolutely admirable and humbling.
Ruby LaToya Frazier has several pieces of popular and recognized work. Some of her most famous collections include The Notion of Family, Gray Area, and Flint Lives Matter. My personal favorite photograph shot by her is a photo from the collection Flint Lives Matter. The photo is of a boy, who is attending a protest rally that was awaiting President Barack Obama in Flint, Michigan, who is holding up a sign that reads, "STOP THE VIOLENCE INCREASE THE EDUCATION & PEACE".
This picture strikes the heart on an emotional level instantly, not only because of what the protester's sign read, but because of the fact that this is a child holding up this sign with these words. When children are involved, you know there's an issue going on.
Frazier is an amazing photographer with amazing aspirations. Her photographs speak to people without saying a word. That is the sign of an above adequate photographer. Ruby LaToya Frazier's work is absolutely admirable and humbling.
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