Coreen Simpson, Photographer
Coreen Simpson is an African-American photographer and jewelry designer focused on African-American themes. She was formerly the editor of Unique New York magazine in the s and her work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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The Americans,
by Robert Frank
"You know, I worked as a documentary photographer for many years, but that was one of the first books I collected, and the introduction by Jack Kerouac. Composition is everything. Just composing the photograph, seeing it instantly, and being ready to document on the fly. You know, just being quick about documentation, which I'm sure Robert Frank was. You have to have the that camera ready. We didn't have the cell phones and all that back in the day, but I think the rhythms of recognizing an image, that's what the masters, the older masters knew. If you study the books, look at the books, then you will see what inspired them, and it might help you in building up your own style."
Aperture Monograph,
by Diane Arbus
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Photographer
Coreen Simpson is a noted African-American photographer and jewelry designer, whose work has an African-American theme.
Background
She was born and resides in New York City.
Education
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York;
Parsons School of Design, New York, New New York
Career
Simpson&#;s photographic career began as a fashion photographer for the Village Voice and the Amsterdam News in the early s, and covered many African-American cultural and political events in the mids. She is also noted for her studies of Harlem nightlife. Her work&#;s ability to present a wide variety of subjects with &#;depth of character and dignity&#; has been compared to that of Diane Arbus and Weegee.
In addition to her photography, Simpson also designed jewelry.
Her most notable jewelry collection is known as (). The collection reintroduces the ancient tradition of cameos, but features portraits of black women.
The portraits show the great variety of features of black women. Simpson’s goal was that every black women would be able to identify with the portraits within her c
Crucially Performative: The Photographic Art of Coreen Simpson.
by Horace Brockington
from NY ARTS magazine
Crucially Performative: The Photographic Art of Coreen Simpson.
Coreen Simpson, Untitled, B-Boys Series, N.D. Gelatin Silver Print
Coreen Simpson emerged within the context of photographers when the medium was still locked within traditional constrictions. It was a strictly male-dominated field–especially among Black photographers where certain groups such as the Kamonge Workshop adhered to some rather restrictive stylistic nuances and thematic boundaries for creating photographic art. Simpson, along with Black female contemporaries, Ming Smith, Gail Hansberry, and Fern Logan, managed to move skillfully around the limited context of a traditional art medium, and the context imposed by their male counterparts in order to create unique bodies of works.
Originally a writer, Coreen Simpson moved to photography in order to illustrate her articles. She has worked as a freelance photographer for New York’s Village Voice, and an international fashion photographer for various magazines. Simpson moved farther left than most of the artists within this 70s,and ear
Coreen Simpson is a noted African-American photographer and jewelry designer, whose work has an African-American theme.
Early life and education
Simpson was born in Brooklyn and was raised along with her brother by a foster family in Brooklyn. She completed Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn. She took courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design, and studied with Frank Stewart, Studio Museum in Harlem in
Career
Simpson&#;s career launched when she became the editor for Unique New York magazine in , and she began photographing to illustrate her articles She then became a freelance fashion photographer for the Village Voice and the Amsterdam News in the early s, and covered many African-American cultural and political events in the mids. She is also noted for her studies of Harlem nightlife. She constructed a portable studio and brought it to clubs in downtown Manhattan, barbershops in Harlem, and braiding salons in Queens. Her work&#;s ability to present a wide variety of subjects with &#;depth of character and dignity&#; has been compared to that of Diane Arbus and Weegee.
The Black Cameo
In addition to her photography, Simpson a
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