Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photography (review)
S o t h e o p t i o n i s s t i l l t h e a l l b l a c k s u r v e y , i n t o w h i c h a s m u c h w o r k h a s t o b e c r a m m e d a s p o s s i b l e . T h a t b e i n g t h e c a s e , w e h a v e e v e r y r e a s o n t o b e g r a t e f u l f o r " C o m m i t t e d t o t h e I m a g e . " S u r e , a n o t h e r s e t o f c u r a t o r s m i g h t h a v e p u t t o g e t h e r a t o u g h e r , s n a p p i e r s h o w , b u t t h i s o n e i s a c a r e f u l l y t h o u g h t o u t , l o v i n g l y p r o d u c e d e d i t i o n o f t h e m o d e l a t h a n d . I t ' s i m p o r t a n t t o r e m e m b e r , t h o u g h , t h a t o t h e r m o d e l s a r e p o s s i b l e , a n d t h e y ' r e w o r t h p u s h i n g h a r d f o r . Roland L. Freeman, Quilter, Annie Dennis, 1976. Ernest Withers, Martin Luther King Junior confronted by the Police at Medgar Ever's Funeral, Jackson MS, 1963. Holland Cotter is an art critic who works for the New York