May 27, 2007

Fierce & Beyond!!

Sigh. Why do I always get such late notice for possibly great happenings?!!

Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life, A Living Photo-Essay by Delphine Fawundu-Buford

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3, 2007, 3-6pm

On View: June 3 - July 6, 2007

The Gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego
293 Flatbush Avenue
(between St. Marks & Prospect Pl.)
Brooklyn, New York 11217
tel. no: 718.783.2074
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11-7pm

Beyond Fierce is a journey into the parallel words of openly homosexual Black and Latino men. Photographer Delphine Fawundu-Buford investigates this community through portraits and words.

[ Additional info after the jump ]

A photographer for over 15 years, Delphine Fawundu-Buford is among the "young lions" of Black photography. Her work has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally by institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art of University of São Paulo, the International Center of Photography, the Anacostia Museum in Washington, DC and most notably the Brooklyn Museum of Art where her photograph, Patiently Waiting, graced the cover of the catalog-book of the "Committed to the Image" exhibition. She recently traveled to New Orleans as a Gulf Coast Fellow with the National Association of Black Journalists. Visit Delphine Fawundu-Buford on the web at www.delphinefawundu.com.

Reception sponsored by NYS Black Gay Network

For media inquires and press release contact: Dakar.Media@publicist.com

Posted by ronn at May 27, 2007 01:35 PM

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