Ming Smith's work reminds us that the gaze is not simply about what appears within the frame. It shapes what photographers recognise as meaningful before the camera is ever raised.
Photography has often spoken as though it possessed one universal way of seeing. The Black gaze begins with a different proposition: every way of seeing begins somewhere.
Ming Smith's work reminds us that the gaze is not simply about what appears within the frame. It shapes what photographers recognise as meaningful before the camera is ever raised.
Photography has often spoken as though it possessed one universal way of seeing. The Black gaze begins with a different proposition: every way of seeing begins somewhere.
