What Matters Most // Photographs of Black Life: The Fade Resistance Collection

What Matters Most // Photographs of Black Life: The Fade Resistance Collection

Zun Lee, Sophie Hackett, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Dawn Martin • Zun Lee

ISBN-10: 194288494X · ISBN-13: 978‑1942884941 · 2022

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This volume presents a curated selection from the Fade Resistance collection, an archive of over 4,000 vernacular Polaroids depicting African American family life from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Originally discovered by artist Zun Lee in Detroit, these intimate snapshots serve as a vital record of Black visual self-representation, documenting milestones and everyday moments captured without the gaze of external judgment. The work functions as both a historical preservation project and a profound meditation on the significance of Black existence.

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