Photography Research Presentation: Presenting LaToya Ruby Frazier

Good day!

Today I will be discussing the beauty of LaToya Ruby Frazier’s work. She is an artist and an activist. To begin briefly of her background, she was born in 1982 in Pennsylvania and now had planted her career in Chicago Illinois where she now lives and works. She grew up in the shadow of the steel industry which heavily influences her work.

Her art reflects many issues that need direction on social change. She uses her artistic talent to document personal, social and global aspects of history, specifically in the United States. The United States being heavily industrialized created issues in many other walks of life, including issues of the environment (environmental crisis), economy and a need for social change due to various inequalities. She uses her art of photography, video and performance to display her activism.

The nature of her photography captures raw emotions and candid moments in black and white, creating a feeling or organic personal experience. Her genre of photography is documentary and her work reflects as such. She captures real moments that feel un-staged which adds to the appeal. He photography also captures the resilient nature of humans to survive anything and to continue to fight for a better future.