VICEのインスタグラム(vice) - 3月9日 05時54分

“Where are all the black photographers?” It was a question Deborah Willis asked her professor, Anne Wilkes Tucker, when attending what is now known as the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in the 70s. Willis was studying photography, but when she noticed the dearth of black photographers in her history books, Tucker suggested she take on a research project to unearth these previously absent histories. It would become an ongoing project for Willis over the next four decades, continuing to this day alongside her regular photography work.

Currently the Chair of @tischphoto at @nyutisch. Willis has also been a @macfound fellow, and a Richard D. Cohen fellow in African American Art at the Hutchins Center at @harvard. She has won two @naacp Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work, is an @icp Infinity Award Winner for Writing, and was named among the 100 Most Important People in Photography by @americanphotomag, among countless other distinctions. She’s also found the time to author or co-author more than 20 books.
It’s a storied career to say the least, and yet it’s one she almost didn’t have at all. While in college, a photography professor told her she “took a space from a good man” and that she was just going to end up married and pregnant, so why bother taking classes? But she wouldn’t let that messaging stop her. Surrounded by a supportive family and other professors who were interested in her work, Willis proved her original professor wrong with a truly prolific career. She even revived some self-portraits from those earlier years, and made them into a collage celebrating the life of her son, the successful artist Hank Willis Thomas. Written over the strip of images are the words “I made space for a good man.” Visit VICE.com to see more. #internationalwomensday

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