ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Aya Brown, a Brooklyn artist, is aiming to help Black women see themselves as essential by putting them at the center of her artwork and bringing the viewer into her universe. Through her Essential Workers series — made with color pencils on brown paper — Aya is shining a spotlight on the Black women in New York who work in hospitals, schools and retail. “I noticed that nurses in the E.R. are usually Black women,” Ms. Brown, 24, said. “I am thinking about these Black women on the front lines. It just bothered me because no one is noticing this.” She began her series in April, after a trip to the emergency room. There she noticed that her nurse, a Black, West Indian woman, took care of her while her doctor stopped by intermittently. Shortly after, @ayabrown.tiff began working on her drawings to highlight those women on the front lines of the pandemic. Aja Brown, Aya’s sister, is one of her portrait subjects (last slide). She never considered herself an essential worker until she saw her sister’s portrait of her on Instagram. The portrait made her cry. “I guess when you think about essential workers, you don’t really think of yourself,” said Aja, who works as an educator with 5th graders in Brooklyn. Tap the link in our bio for more. Drawings by @ayabrown.tiff; Photo by @naimagreen.」7月12日 9時06分