Marjon Carlos in Conversation with Dannielle Bowman

Watch a recording of the talk here.

Join us for a conversation between writer Marjon Carlos and artist Dannielle Bowman, winner of the 2020 Aperture Portfolio Prize, as they discuss Bowman’s project What Had Happened (2019–ongoing). Working beyond traditional forms of documentary photography, Bowman’s work aims to map Black American histories that have remained mostly unspoken, blending into them her own family history and perspectives. On one level, the pictures in What Had Happened are about the neighborhoods in and around the artist’s family home in Los Angeles. On another, Bowman’s work describes the passage of time and memories of home—or, more precisely, the homes one makes on leaving old ones, and the search for better places to put down new roots and grow.

This event coincides with Bowman’s exhibition at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, January 6–February 3, 2021.

Marjon Carlos is a journalist, editor, and public speaker, living and working in New York. Her writing explores the intersection of style and culture–an outgrowth of her academic research in Gender and African American Studies at Brown and Columbia Universities, respectively. Covering a spectrum of topics and personalities, from Cardi B to intersectional feminism, her work has appeared on Vogue.com, Porter Magazine, W.com, ELLE.com, Into The Gloss, Refinery29.com and within the pages of Vogue, ELLE, Vanity Fair, Essence, Wall Street Journal Magazine, Aperture Magazine, Cultured Magazine, and Suited Magazine.

She is currently the Editorial Director at the boundary-pushing lingerie brand CUUP and previously served as the Senior Fashion Writer at Vogue.com. In turn, Marjon has been featured and profiled by such platforms as Vogue Italia, Goop, Into The Gloss, The Coveteur. An in-demand public speaker, Marjon has been both a moderator and panelist for talks with Dumbo House, Girlboss Rally, The Wing, Pratt Institute, Mara Hoffman, Esopus Magazine, Lisa Says Gah, ENVSN Fest, and Novella NYC. She is also the host of the quarantine break-out hit IGTV talk show, “Your Favorite Auntie.” In addition to her editorial work, Marjon regularly collaborates with venerated brands as a creative consultant.

Dannielle Bowman (born in Los Angeles, 1989) received a BFA from The Cooper Union and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. In 2019, she was a contributor to the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project. Bowman has been an artist in residence at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York; the Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York; and PICTURE BERLIN. She was recently recipient of a 2020 PHMuseum Women Photographers Grant, and in 2021, she will participate in the Light Work artist-in-residence program. Bowman has exhibited in the US and internationally. She lives and works in New York.