Weekly Round Up of the Week of the January 19

The Producer’s picks for this week’s news relevant to the photography, art, design and production industries


An Indigenous Community’s Spiritual Haunting


In “Jaidë,” or “House of Spirits,” the Colombian photographer Santiago Mesa documents a remote people facing a rash of youth suicides.

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John Wilson’s Relentlessly Humane Vision of Black Life


He portrayed the gamut of the Black experience, making visible a sense of deep isolation as well as pride, family, and community.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music Celebrates MLK Day Through Art, Film, and Music


BAM's Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a free event series that remembers the momentous civil rights leader and recognizes the contributions of historic and contemporary Black figures.

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 Hand-Printed Photography as Inheritance: Jurga Ramonaite on Arctic Landscapes and Memory-Keeping


In Beneath the Surface Skin, chemigrams made with Arctic seawater and glacial portraits become letters across loss.

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The Portrait of Britain


With Portrait of Britain Vol. 8, photography moves beyond galleries into everyday public spaces across the UK, from high streets to bus shelters. Featuring 100 winning portraits, it presents a complex, intimate, and deeply human portrait of the nation today.

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