{"product_id":"zora-j-murff-true-colors-or-affirmations-in-a-crisis-9781597115179","title":"Zora J Murff: True Colors (Or, Affirmations in a Crisis)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis)\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of survival by trailblazing artist Zora J Murff. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurff constructs a manual for coming to terms with the historical and contemporary realities of America's divisive structures of privilege and caste. Since leaving social work to pursue photography over a decade ago, Murff's work has consistently grappled with the complicit entanglement of the medium in the histories of spectacle, commodification, and race, often contextualizing his own photographs with found and appropriated images and commissioned texts. \u003ci\u003eTrue Colors\u003c\/i\u003e continues that work, expanding to address the act of remembering and the politics of self, which Murff identifies as \"the duality of Black patriotism and the challenges of finding belonging in places not made for me--of creating an affirmation in a moment of crisis as I learn to remake myself in my own image.\" Nuanced, challenging, and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eTrue Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis)\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have monograph by a rising and standout artist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Colors\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of the inaugural Next Step Award, a partnership between Aperture and Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, with the generous support of 7G Foundation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurff, Zora J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eZora J Murff\u003c\/b\u003e (born in Des Moines, Iowa, 1987) is assistant professor of photography at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. In 2019, Murff was named an Aperture Portfolio Prize finalist, a PDN 30 honoree, and a Light Work Artist-in-Residence; he was one of eight artists chosen for the most recent iteration of the Museum of Modern Art's New Photography series, \u003ci\u003eCompanion Pieces: New Photography 2020\u003c\/i\u003e. Murff's books include \u003ci\u003eCorrections\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); \u003ci\u003eLOST, Omaha\u003c\/i\u003e (2018); and \u003ci\u003eAt No Point In Between\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). His work will be presented at the 2021 Rencontres d'Arles, France, as part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eButler, Tay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTay Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist currently pursuing his MFA in the University of Arkansas's photography and studio art program.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrain, Nick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNick Drain\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and recent graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art \u0026amp; Design.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651485438226,"sku":"9781597115179","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3581a93-ec3a-410f-846e-60ab86fe67c7.jpg?v=1733301312","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zora-j-murff-true-colors-or-affirmations-in-a-crisis-9781597115179","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}