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A PIONEERING AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Ming Smith is known for her experimental techniques. Her painterly and artfully blurred images are achieved with slow shutter speeds, double exposure, and hand painting. A survey of Smith’s work is on view at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London. “Painting with Light: The Photography of Ming Smith” features images dating from the 1970s to present. Two spiritual images, “Sunday Morning Service, Harlem” (1990) and “First Sunday I (Grandmother’s Pocketbook)” (1980) exemplify her use of the blur. “Ming Smith is in my opinion the greatest African American photographer ever,” Arthur Jafa has said. “What she’s been able to do in her ability to both create blur and precision and definition at the same time is unparalleled.” CT
“Painting with Light: The Photography of Ming Smith” is presented by Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, in an online viewing room, from May 21-July 25, 2020. The exhibition is also available on the Vortic Collect app
