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
Portfolio by Ville Kumpulainen
- Lydia Ourahmane by Ben Blackmore
- Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi
- Summer Wheat by Tina Kukielski
- Barbara Hammer by Corina Copp
- Kaneza Schaal by Christopher Myers
- Nina Hoss by Nicholas Elliott
- LaToya Ruby Frazier and Fred Moten by Dawn Lundy Martin
- Joseph Keckler by Olivia Laing
- Sergio De La Pava by Veronica Scott Esposito
Interviews
- David Behrman’s Music With Memory by Clinton Krute
- Sheila Heti’s Motherhood by Monica Uszerowicz
- Manuel DeLanda: ISM ISM by Jon Dieringer
- Joshua Bonnetta & J.P. Sniadecki’s El Mar La Mar by Matt Turner
- Ellie Ga’s Square Octagon Circle by Emmy Catedral
- Lynne Tillman’s Men and Apparitions by Michael Valinsky
Editor's Choice
- Portfolio by Ville Kumpulainen
- Messenger by Simone White
- Remainders by Valerie Werder
- Owl with Monobrow by Stacy Szymaszek
- A Small Sheaf from Sham Refugia by Mark Francis Johnson
- Fleeced by Joanna Goldberg
- Three Letters by Remedios Varo
- Archives of the Crystal Museum by Sammy Stein
- Embouchure, 1970 by Dylan Landis
First Proof
- End Page by Jordan Seiler
End Page
The Wind Blows, 2016, pigment print, 25.5 × 19 inches. All images courtesy of the artist.
Journey, 2016, pigment print, 17.75 × 17.75 inches.
Afterwards, 2016, pigment print, 34 × 23.25 inches.
Puppeteer, 2016, pigment print, 20.5 × 14 inches.
Out of Sight, 2015, pigment print, 26.75 × 18 inches.
Memory Sequence, 2014, pigment print, 27.25 × 18.25 inches.
Disappearing on White I, 2015, pigment print, 25 × 16.25 inches.
Ville Kumpulainen is a photographer living and working in Helsinki, Finland. In his new book, Out of Sight (Hatje Cantz, 2017), Kumpulainen manipulates archival images to solidify the tenuous connection between present and past, attempting to fill the gaps left between himself and his history.
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Originally published in
BOMB 143,
Spring 2018
Featuring interviews with LaToya Ruby Frazier and Fred Moten, Sergio De La Pava, Nina Hoss, Barbara Hammer, Joseph Keckler, Lydia Ourahmane, Kaneza Schaal, Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi, and Summer Wheat.
