LaToya Ruby Frazier
Documentary Photographer | Social Justice Storyteller
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LaToya Ruby Frazier is an acclaimed documentary photographer whose powerful black-and-white images capture the social and economic realities of post-industrial communities. A 2015 MacArthur Fellow, her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and her book 'The Notion of Family' which received the Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant. Frazier's poignant narratives shine a light on issues of class, race, health care, and environmental justice, inspiring audiences to reckon with America's systemic inequalities.
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A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
Artist and TED Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier spent five months living in Flint, Michigan, documenting the lives of those affected by the city's water crisis for her photo essay "Flint is Family." As the crisis dragged on, she realized it was going to take more than a series of photos to bring relief. In this inspiring, surprising talk, she shares the creative lengths she went to in order to bring free, clean water to the people of Flint.
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