Words and images come together in this inspiring collaboration
between renowned poet Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Inc., a group of
acclaimed photographers whose work documents and celebrates the
African-American experience.
Collaborations between writers and photographers have provided
African Americans with important focus for issues of identity and
representation -- or lack thereof -- ever since the first
publication of "The Sweet Flypaper of Life" by Langston Hughes and
Roy DeCarava in 1955. Frank Stewart, with his fellow photographers
in Kamoinge Inc., and Ntozake Shange -- a longtime fan of
photography -- were inspired by this landmark work and committed
themselves to continuing the tradition and the artistic
conversation into this first decade of this new millennium.
In 1963, Roy DeCarava -- renowned photographer and first
president of the Kamoinge Workshop -- set the aesthetic and
philosophical tone of the group in response to biased
representations of African Americans in the media. As image-makers,
the Kamoinge members have sought to shed positive light on their
subjects, and to demystify Black life in America. With stunning
images from such acclaimed photographers as Anthony Barboza, Adger
W. Cowans, Ming Smith Murray, andpoems by Ntozake Shange, one of
the most accomplished writers of her time, "The Sweet Breath of
Life" is a rich and thought-provoking book, destined to become a
classic work of American photography and literature.
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