Dazed Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Dazed MagazineInstagram)「Visual artist Jon Henry’s (@whoisdamaster) Stranger Fruits is a collection of 59 photographs that chronicle the force of a Black mother’s love - one that is constantly shadowed by the threat of impending violence.⁠ ⁠ The photo book gets its title from Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of the anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit.” Henry expands this tradition of protest through art in his moving portraits of Black mothers and their sons. In some, Henry re-works the familiar image of la Pietà. In others, the mothers appear alone. There’s an eerie prescience. Grief lingers.⁠ ⁠ The concept of la Pietà derives from Henry’s childhood. “I grew up in a historic church and I was always drawn to religious iconography, especially stained windows,” Henry says. There’s a ghostly presence to the men and boys these mothers hold and love. Their torsos and feet are bare. In certain portraits – one of a mother who holds one son leaning away from her, the other slumped towards the ground – one feels time dissolve. That same awful history repeating itself.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in bio to read more 🔗 ⁠ ⁠ ✍️ @aselodie⁠ 📸 Jon Henry, “Santa Monica, CA”, Stranger Fruit© Jon Henry from the book Stranger Fruit co-published by Monolith and Hatje Cantz⁠」6月11日 2時28分