Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers - exhibition at Brooklyn Museum of Art - Brief Article

ArtForum, Jan, 2001 by Meghan Dailey

BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART

Organized by a team of four led by BMA curator of photography Barbara Head Millstein, this selection of more than ninety photographers (from established figures like Carrie Mae Weems and Gordon Parks to newcomers Fern Logan and Accra Shepp), represented by two works apiece, should nicely map the terrain. Restricted to currently practicing photographers, "Committed to the Image" nonetheless promises a historical scope. To be included: iconic civil rights images and portraits of cultural figures, as well as recent work addressing the political and social struggles of today and the emergence of the black middle class. Two years in the making, this ambitious show should prove worth the wait. Feb. 16-Apr 29.