Art. Candid Portraits of The Black Experience by Ayana V. Jackson.
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Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers


African-Amercan artist Ayana V. Jackson employs her own body and visage to create frank portraits with a sense of irony and a sardonic undertone. Her complex range of works speak to the African-American condition and the global experience of blackness throughout the diaspora. Her works have been exhibited world wide. The artist lives and works in Johannesburg, New York and Paris. Ayana V. Jackson is currently a 2014 New York Foundation For the Arts (NYFA) photography Fellow for photography. She conducts lectures and workshops in Africa and the Americas.


Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Does the Brown Paper Bag test really exist?/Will my father be proud? – 2013)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Poverty Porn: Death – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Poverty Porn: Destruction – 2011 )

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Dictatorship (Guerrilla) – 2012)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Philanthropy or Fashion – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Maria de Latte II – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Maria de Latte III – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Esther Leapfrog (a bit of the other) Grand Army Matron Series – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Martha Leapfrog (a bit of the other) Grand Army Matron Series – 2011)

Ayana V. Jackson, Black Female Artists, Black Contemporary Artists, Black Female Photographers
(Warder Leapfrog (a bit of the other) Grand Army Matron Series – 2011)