Consuelo Kanaga, a pioneering photographer, brilliantly captured the complexities of Black Americans' lives during the turbulent eras of Jim Crow and the civil rights movement.
Through her work, Kanaga employed light and shade not just for aesthetics, but as a means to express her subjects' inner lives, invoking a painter-like sensibility.
In her retrospective, Kanaga's portrait reflects a hopeful yet resigned gaze toward an uncertain future, illuminating the struggles of marginalized cultures as seen through her lens.
Kanaga, who appropriated the art of silhouette for all her subjects, believed deeply in the power of a single, profound image over mere quantity.
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