Written by Lauren Du Graf
These photos were interested to me because I'm currently looking for inspiration for photos involving portraiture and music. These are women of Jazz. Looking at the first you may not get that they're women of jazz, but with the writing by Lauren Du Graf helps paint a better picture. I begin to see and feel the vibe of jazz when I notice the colors and the smoothness in the culture of cuban Jazz. The photos are showing these Cuban women with vibrant colors in very smooth appealing settings. The first photo makes me think that Cuban Jazz is smooth like water and popping like the color of her lips along with her blouse. The second photo is showing a beautiful Cuban woman paired with a bright, Smooth, vibrant background item. Cromwell pairs some of the women with other photos involving nature.
Photos by Lyle Ashton Harris
Written Andrea K. Scott
Lyle Harris has an interested way of shooting portraits. For these shots he uses African masks with a red glass or mirror. Some of his photography are portraying models in the nude while wearing the mask, which is kind of the opposite of what society in the U.S. thinks the order should be with the body covered and face uncovered. The red glass is interesting for me because the red catches my eye then my brain starts to wonder why. The portraits are definitely interesting with the mask and nudity but the red glass just add a different level and brief change and splash of color. The light that the glass gives off really works for him in this shoot. I get a feeling that there is a danger in the wilderness looking at these shots.
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