Ming Smith

Mother and Child, Harlem, NY

1976

Gelatin silver print

On view MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit Committee on Photography Fund
Object number 51.2018
Department Photography

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Ming Smith

Ming Smith

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It’s about seeking energy, breath, and light. The image is always moving, even if you’re standing still.” For Smith, these are the central tenets of her approach to image-making: a practice attuned to bodily movement and spatial relations that maintains a commitment to the poetry of light and shadow.

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