The black figure has always been a subject of entertainment in popular culture, as well as an image to sell things. In some ways, that’s how people relate to us—because they’ve seen us on television.
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Derrick Adams
Cowboy Hat (autoportrait from A.H. Series) by Jimmy DeSana
Photograph, Cowboy Hat (autoportrait from A.H. Series) by Jimmy DeSana.
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Jimmy DeSana, Cowboy Hat (autoportrait from A.H. series), silverprint, 1984. © 1984 by Jimmy DeSana.
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