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Photo Essay

Photographer Justin Hardiman, a collaborator with Jasmine Williams and Sarah Jené’s 'How We Get Over: We Grow On' project at the Mississippi Museum of Art, shares stunning portraits and excerpts from his audio-visual project, 'The Color of Grief.'
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The Color of Grief

by Justin Hardiman September 22, 2023September 25, 2023

Photographer Justin Hardiman, a collaborator with Jasmine Williams and Sarah Jené's 'How We Get Over: We Grow On' project at the Mississippi Museum of Art, shares stunning portraits and excerpts from his audio-visual project, 'The Color of Grief.'

Posted inARTS & SOUL

In paintings: Life, Death, Carcerality, and the Pursuit of Abolition

by Obie Weathers August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess

by Adria R. Walker November 22, 2022November 13, 2023
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How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 14, 2023
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A granddaughter's gratitude

by Andrea Morales, MLK50 January 4, 2022January 3, 2022
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Scenes from the picket line: Kellogg workers on why they went on strike for two months straight

by Jason Kerzinski November 5, 2021December 3, 2021
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In photos: Afropunk 2021 is a queer, Black homecoming

by Noella Williams October 1, 2021October 6, 2021
The Reverend Kenneth B. Thomas Sr., pastor of Bethesda Worship and Healing Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, hugs Cory Brigham after ordaining him into the ministry during Sunday service on August 15, 2021. All photos by Terrance Armstard for The Guardian.
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'We've come this far by faith:' Vaccines, religion, and community in Arkansas

by Sandra L. Combs and Terrance Armstard September 21, 2021September 21, 2021
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In portraits and letters: 'Being free is not the same as freedom'

by Jason Kerzinski August 17, 2021November 16, 2022
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For Black cowboys—from inner-city Philly to small-town Texas—horses and riding are a way of life

by Nick Lehr, The Conversation July 16, 2021
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In Photos: Desde Adentro (From Within)

by ITAMA Youth June 24, 2021November 13, 2023
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Meet the 5 women uprooting white beauty standards and white supremacy in West Virginia

by Crystal Good May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
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A New Crop: Portraits of Houston's Black urban farmers

by Lenard Smith, Jr. April 9, 2021September 27, 2023
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The Color of Freedom: Reimagining portraits of the formerly enslaved

by Lee Hedgepeth February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
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'A democracy we didn't achieve 50 years ago'

by Alice Driver January 5, 2021January 5, 2021
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From Appalachia to Outer Space: The beauty and the limits of perspective in Portraits & Dreams

by Kim Kobersmith December 7, 2020December 7, 2020
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In Photos: When we couldn't come home

by Philip Harris November 23, 2020November 13, 2023
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The first Black drag queen in North Alabama and other untold stories of the Queer South

by Sarah Prager November 17, 2020November 14, 2023
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Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020November 21, 2023
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Uncontrolled Images: Documenting Raleigh's Black Revolt

by Jade Wilson June 10, 2020October 1, 2020
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Young Black Missisippians join May Day protests for workers rights, COVID-19 protections

by Frances Madeson May 6, 2020November 14, 2023
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Slave rebellion replaces Confederate reenactments. Watch now.

by Tricia Towey January 29, 2020October 1, 2020
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In Photos: On the visibility of Black (w)holes

by Derrick Beasley December 9, 2019November 14, 2023
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FULL SPECTRUM: Artist Patrick Di Rito's exploration of sexuality and mental health

by Patrick Di Rito November 20, 2019September 16, 2020
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The Picture Man in Cabbagetown

by Alexandra Marvar September 5, 2019September 16, 2020
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In Photos: Black August in the Park

by Dare Kumolu-Johnson and Danielle Purifoy August 19, 2019October 1, 2020
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Listen: Going home for my small town's first LGBTQ pride

by Monique LaBorde July 1, 2019October 1, 2020
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'Here we are on the precipice of the future:' Atlanta Muralists Reclaim Public Spaces

by Jesse Pratt López and Timothy Pratt April 29, 2019September 16, 2020
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In Photos: Everyday La Frontera

by Alonso Castillo March 25, 2019September 27, 2023
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In Photos: Battle on the Bayou

by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower March 11, 2019October 1, 2020

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