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Self-Portrait March (10:00 a.m.), 2009

© LaToya Ruby Frazier, from The Notion of Family (Aperture, 2014)

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Grandma Ruby and J.C. in Her Kitchen, 2006

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The Bottom (Talbot Towers, Allegheny County Housing Projects), 2009

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Home on Braddock Avenue, 2007

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Mom Relaxing My Hair, 2005

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Grandma Ruby and Me, 2005

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Mom and Mr. Yerby’s Hands, 2005

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Aunt Midgie and Grandma Ruby, 2007

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Momme (Floral Comforter), from Momme Portrait Series, 2008

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Momme, 2008

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Momme (Shadow), from Momme Portrait Series, 2008

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Latoya Ruby Frazier

latoya ruby frazier is assistant professor of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. She lectures at institutions around the world, including the International Center of Photography; Columbia University School of the Arts; Freie Universitat Berlin; and Tate Modern, London. Frazier’s work is exhibited widely, with solo exhibitions at Brooklyn Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She has received awards from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and Art Matters, and was recently awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.

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