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Upstaging the Met Gala: Covering one of the biggest fashion nights of the year, Vogue photographer Hunter Abrams ended up dominating social media mention, too, with their Willie Norris dress (and Nike shoes). Hunter was caught off guard by the attention. “I didn’t think anyone would care enough to pay this much attention to what I was wearing, especially since I was working,” they told Vogue.
From pain to strength: At 14, the sudden, severe pain in Rikke Mathiasen’s back was diagnosed as scoliosis—and permanent. Over the past decade, she had turned to photography as a visual retrospective of the surgeries, the adjustments, and the loneliness she has weathered. She says her remarkable photo series, shown in this Washington Post feature, “is also a way for me to work with this psychological pain.”
Finding fame abroad: Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Henry Ossawa Tanner had to leave the United States for his art and his reputation to flourish. Until he left for France, Tanner, found many art classes and teachers wouldn’t accept Black students. In France, the successful and internationally known artist once said, “nobody knows or cares what was the complexion of my forebears." Recent X-rays and infrared photography of his work have revealed surprises and insights, NPR reports.
Award season: Dutch photographer Jasper Doest has won a special category of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. Jasper, a frequent Nat Geo contributor, won this year’s Fritz Pölking Prize for his project on the traditional cricket hunt in Uganda, the judges announced. Here’s Jasper talking about his work process at the National Geographic Society’s Storyteller Summit in 2020.
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