Hank Willis Thomas
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Photographer Hank Willis Thomas’s work reflects on the symbols of commodity culture and the impact of violence in African American communities. He gained wide recognition with his series Branded, a group of images where he digitally added a scarred Nike logo on different parts of the body of a black model, such as the chest and head. Willis Thomas has exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; PS1, New York; and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. He is the first recipient of the Aperture West Book Prize, a new annual prize for artists living west of the Mississippi. He lives in Oakland, California.
Co-presented with Aperture West. The Aperture West Collaborative Series provides lectures given by some of today’s most significant photographers. Generously supported by Freestyle Photographic.
Go to Hank Willis Thomas's website.
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Hank Willis Thomas, Afro-American Amex, 2004From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
Black Power -
Hank Willis Thomas, Basketball and Chain, 2003From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
In Loving Memory ofFrom the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
Hank Willis Thomas, Petey Wheat Straw, 2000/2005From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
Hank Willis Thomas, Priceless, 2004From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
Hank Willis Thomas, Smokin' Joe, 1978/2006From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008 -
Hank Willis Thomas, Two Guns, 2005From the book Pitch Blackness, Aperture, 2008