Hands by Consuelo Kanaga (1930)

The year 2013 is now just a memory and while most of it for me was occupied with finishing up my final thesis show for the ICP-Bard MFA program, I did find some time to post on the blog. For those of you who missed these posts last year, here’s a roundup of the 2013 year in photography via some of my favorite posts on Dodge & Burn.

• After seeing his solo show last year I did this interview with multidisciplinary artist Rico Gatson in an attempt to learn more about his selective use of photography.

• Interview with photographer Thierry Casias, a fellow ICP alum who shared his quiet meditations on manhood in his photographic series Quiet Men.

• These images by Olivia McGilchrist stood out in a group show of contemporary Caribbean art at New Jersey’s BrutEdge Gallery.

• In the blog’s first-ever post on performance art, I took extensive notes during the Radical Presence panel at NYU where several black artists discussed how they’ve used photography in their performances.

• If you like fashion photography that fuses cultures, check out this interview with photographer Namsa Leuba.

• Black girls eating hair? You have to see the images in this interview with photographer Nakeya Brown.

• You know about the Black Panthers but what about the Young Lords Party?

• Deciding on an MFA degree? Check out this interview with photographer Jonathan Michael Hicks for his perspective.

• Unfortunately I only discovered the work of photographer Willie Middlebrook after his passing. I would’ve loved to have interviewed him.

• Known for her portraits of African Americans, I wrote about the work of Consuelo Kanaga whose prints are held in the ICP Collection.

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