Photo by : Racialicious Team
Marilyn Nance is a female, african-american, photojournalist. She is still alive today at 60 years old and she is known as a photographer who has taken photographs of great cultural importance over time, especially in the african-american community. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and still resides there this day. She states that she likes depicting her own community which she herself calls " the working class black-folk."
Marilyn had to go through a lot to get where she is today. As a woman it was already a steep uphill climb in the professional world of photojournalism, and being an African-American woman did not make it any easier. She attended NYU in 1971-1972 and then the Pratt Institute from 72-76 studying journalism and communications during those times. When equal opportunity laws started to become enacted, and there was a lack of women in her profession, opportunities arose for Marilyn. She started working for the Village Voice as a freelancer in 1975 and that really helped boost her career to what it is today.
Today she has been published in Life, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Essence, New York Newsday, among many other publications. She also has said that she has shifted to become more of a storyteller and has an interactive web application called SoulSista. She has twice been nominated for the W. Eugene Smith award in humanistic photography, both times for her work in African-American culture. She is one of the most accomplished women in the photojournalistic profession of all time.
Photo by: Marilyn Nance
Image Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/08/01/157741923/meet-marilyn-nance-photographer-psychic
Year Created: 1981
This photo shows several aspects of the art of photojournalism. One it is blurry, but the power of the picture and its content triumph that and made it a worthy photo for publication. Next, you can see that the background compliments the photo and its two subjects without taking away from them. You get to see their surroundings and their environment that help you better understand the photo but at the same time it does not defer from the two main subjects. Lastly, the black and white definitely gives this phoo power as the picture is of two Yemoja priests performing some type of ritualistic ceremony.
Photo by: Marilyn Nance
Image Source: http://arttattler.com/archiveafricanamericanart.html
Year Created: 1986
This photo by Marilyn Nance is of a baptism and is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The background and the setting of this picture is huge because you can see now the baptism is taking place in the ocean between the two men, the rule of two thirds is present as they are in the middle of the photograph, but two thirds of the photo are below them. The main subject does not also crowd the image because if you think about it the ocean is almost just as much as the subject of the picture as the two people taking part of the baptism are. This is a wonderful photograph.
Photo by: Marilyn Nance
Image Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/08/01/157741923/meet-marilyn-nance-photographer-psychic
Year Created: 1989
This photo was taken in 1989 and is in a Progressive Baptist Church. As you can see she likes to use Black and White quite frequently. This photo definitely creates a sense of togetherness between these people with the obvious religious factor. Also I think the contrast between the light and dark areas in this picture is great with the light coming through that back window really showcasing the women.
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