{"product_id":"deana-lawson-an-aperture-monograph-9781597114226","title":"Deana Lawson: An Aperture Monograph","description":"Deana Lawson is one of the most powerful photographers of her generation. Her subject is black expressive culture and her canvas is the African Diaspora. Over the last ten years, she has created a visionary language to describe black identities, through intimate portraiture and striking accounts of ceremonies and rituals.\u003ci\u003eDeana Lawson: An Aperture Monograph\u003c\/i\u003e features forty beautifully reproduced photographs, an essay by the acclaimed writer Zadie Smith, and an extensive interview with the filmmaker Arthur Jafa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawson, Deana:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDeana Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e (born in Rochester, New York, 1979) (born in Rochester, New York, 1979) received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her photography has been exhibited widely, including at the Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and the 2018 Whitney Biennial. Lawson is assistant professor in visual arts at Princeton University, and is represented by Sikkema Jenkins \u0026amp; Co., New York, and Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Zadie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Autograph Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eOn Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eNW\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and \u003ci\u003eSwing Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and the essay collections \u003ci\u003eChanging My Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eFeel Free\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). Winner of the Whitbread first novel award and the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, the Commonwealth Writers' first book award, and the Orange Prize, and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, she is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJafa, Arthur:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eArthur Jafa\u003c\/b\u003e is a filmmaker and cinematographer whose work includes \u003ci\u003eLove Is The Message, The Message is Death\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003e Happy Birthday, Marsha!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSharifa Walks\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eIn the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and \u003ci\u003eDreams Are Colder Than Death\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eI Am Ali\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eRouch in Reverse\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), and \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). Jafa has exhibited his work at major institutions and galleries, including the Whitney Museum of American Art; Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York; the Serpentine Galleries, London; the Vinyl Factory, London; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676583956754,"sku":"9781597114226","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d5d8a6a-5fdd-4a36-92e4-db9898f82a7b.jpg?v=1733883099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/deana-lawson-an-aperture-monograph-9781597114226","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}