Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I'll Run On
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Photographer
Joshua Rashaad McFadden
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Prize
Honorable Mention
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Jury Top 5 Selection
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Date of Photograph
2022
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Socials
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Website
American artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden makes photographs that explore and celebrate Black life in the United States. Published in conjunction with his first solo museum exhibition, Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run On demonstrates his mastery of a wide range of photographic genres—social documentary, reportage, portraiture, and fine art—and his use of the medium to confront racism and anti-Black violence. Like Black photographers before him, such as Gordon Parks, Roy DeCarava, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, and LaToya Ruby Frazier, McFadden documents the beauty of Black life.
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Biography
Joshua Rashaad McFadden, visual artist and assistant professor of photography at Rochester Institute of Technology, is originally from Rochester, NY. He holds a BA in Fine Art from Elizabeth City State University and a Master of Fine Art from Savannah College of Art and Design. His work primarily explores African American male identity, masculinity, notions of the father figure, and the photographic archive. His practice provides a frame of reference that articulates the many personalities of Black men.
