Images - Callaloo 19:2

The Artist in Her Studio

Toni Cade Bambara photo by Susan J. Ross.

Helen Elaine Lee photo by Deborah Atkinson.

Sharan Strange photo by Jessica Osorio.

Suzan-Lori Parks

Patricia Powell photo by Amanda Lowe.

Detail of “Oh! Susanna” (1995) by Ellen Gallagher. Oil, pencil and paper on canvas, 120” x 96”.

“All the King’s Horses” (1992) by Ellen Gallagher. Oil, pencil and paper on canvas, 24” x 24”.

Untitled

Untitled (“Doll’s Eyes”) (1993) by Ellen Gallagher. Oil, pencil and paper on canvas, 60” x 36”.

Natasha Trethewey

Edwidge Danticat photo by Nancy Crampton.

“Self Possession” (1992) by Lorna Simpson. Edition of 5.1 color polaroid, engraved in plexiglass.

“You’re fine, you’re hired” (1988) by Lorna Simpson. Polaroid, plaques, letters. Courtesy: Sean Kelly, NY.

“1978–88” (1990) by Lorna Simpson. Fourth edition gelatin silver print, engraved in plastic plaques.

“Five Rooms” (1991) by Lorna Simpson. Installation, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC.

Audrey Petty

Allison Joseph

Elizabeth Alexander photo by Barbara Kigosi.