Isaac Julien

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Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour Project Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (After Fredrick Douglass II), 2019

The Enduring Legacy of Frederick Douglass

Isaac Julien’s latest film explores the life and work of a man who believed in the power of photographs to transform American society.
Isaac Julien, Trussed series, 1996

The Pleasure of the Image: A Conversation with Isaac Julien

In a new exhibition, the celebrated filmmaker returns to his pioneering work about queer black identity.

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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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