{"product_id":"coreen-simpson-a-monograph","title":"Coreen Simpson: A Monograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second title in Aperture’s Vision \u0026amp; Justice Book Series, created and coedited by Drs. Sarah Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, showcases the luminous, wide-ranging contributions of an essential artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoreen Simpson—photographer, writer, jeweler—has done it all. Working for publications such as Essence, Unique New York, and The Village Voice, from the late 1970s onward, Simpson covered New York’s art and fashion scenes, producing portraits of a wide range of Black artists, literary figures, and celebrities. Her iconic jewelry, the Black Cameo, has been worn by everyone from the model Iman to civil-rights leader Rosa Parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis long-awaited volume, Simpson’s first, features her celebrated B-Boys series—portraits of young people coming of age during the early years of hip-hop—as well as her experiments with collage and other formal interventions. An assortment of essays and an extended interview offer powerful reflections on Simpson’s unique blend of portraiture, sartorial politics, and her riveting story of an intrepid life in journalism, art, and fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. 236 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCoreen Simpson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (born in New York, 1942) is a celebrated photographer and jewelry designer from Brooklyn, whose career has spanned more than five decades. Her work has been featured in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEssence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among other publications. Her photographs are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bronx Museum; Le Musée de la Photographie, Belgium; and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSarah Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and associate professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University and the founder of Vision \u0026amp; Justice. She is an award-winning art and cultural historian whose books and edited volumes include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2014), the “Vision \u0026amp; Justice” issue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAperture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine (2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie Mae Weems\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unseen Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVision \u0026amp; Justice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2025).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDeborah Willis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an author and curator whose pioneering research focuses on cultural histories, the Black body, women, and gender. She is a celebrated photographer, acclaimed historian of photography, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, and university professor and chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Willis is also a coeditor of the Vision \u0026amp; Justice Book Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBridget R. Cooks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is professor of art history and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on African American artists, Black visual culture, and museum criticism. She is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eExhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2011) and her writing can be found in dozens of art exhibition catalogs and academic publications such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfterimage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAperture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAwol Erizku\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s multimedia work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gagosian, New York; Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas; Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto; Ben Brown Gallery, Hong Kong; Sean Kelly Gallery, Los Angeles; and FLAG Art Foundation, New York. Aperture published his first major monograph, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMystic Parallax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in 2023. He lives and works in Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553445515568,"sku":"22894","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/9941\/files\/Coreen-Simpson-A-Monograph-0.jpg?v=1769031304","url":"https:\/\/omoionline.sbs\/products\/coreen-simpson-a-monograph","provider":"Omoi Life Goods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}