#marilyn nance

[thephotoregistry]

Last day in Lagos, 1977

Marilyn Nance

[margotfonteyns]

Couple conversing over a police barricade at an anti-apartheid rally in Central Park, June 1986. Photo by Marilyn Nance (originally titled Couple and Cops).

"I used to work in an advertising agency. I almost got fired when my grandmother passed away and I spent a week away from work. Who cares if your ninety-three-year-old black grandma dies? Get back to work, or else. Another woman's grandmother died and the ad agency planted a tree in Israel. These inequities happen every day, all day--they've been happening all my life. All my mama's life and my grandma's life. And my son is seeing the same thing. My work deals with the souls of black folks and our quest for social change. What has changed? Well, now I'm being asked to tell my story of how things haven't really changed." — Marilyn Nance

[de-salva]

From the book:

LAST DAY IN LAGOS / Marilyn Nance

Publisher: CARA/Fourthwall Books (2022)

Language: English

"From January 15 to February 12, 1977, more than 15000 artists, intellectuals and performers from 55 nations worldwide gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, also known as FESTAC’77".

[afrotumble]

Some of Marilyn Nance's photography features as part of an African exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum

[standingatthefence]

Marilyn Nance | Three Women, 1973

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Marilyn Nance

[manufactoriel]

Souvenirs du FESTAC, Lagos 1977, by  Marilyn Nance

[standingatthefence]

Albert Chong | Marilyn Nance & Son, Ali Santana, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York,1985