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Over My Dead Body From the “White Shoes” Photo Series, 2013 By Nona Faustine
Learn more about the “White Shoes” Photography series by Nona Faustine. The imagery is POWERFUL!!
Nona has chosen to display herself in naked at various locations associated with slavery in New York. She chose to pose nude to highlight the vulnerability and inhumane treatment of slaves. In the photos, she is nude with the exception of wearing white shoes. Nona indicates that “white shoes” represent the “white patriarchy” from which she says we have been unable to escape. This is a courageous work!
Click on the link below to read the full need article:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/aug/05/the-scars-of-america-nude-artist-slavery-sites-nona-faustine
2 comments
1reddiva83
this is was both courageous and beautiful.
BlackMail4u
I agree. The fact that she made her own self vulnerable……it really brings to light how vulnerable women I particular were during that time. Thank you checking out The Black Mail blog!