The New Black Vanguard

"The New Black Vanguard" by Antwaun Sargent is a groundbreaking look at the radical transformation taking place in fashion and art through the lens of Black photography. This richly illustrated book features the brightest contemporary fashion photographers, including Tyler Mitchell and Nadine Ijewere, whose powerful images have reinvigorated the visual vocabulary around beauty and the body. Sargent also opens up a conversation around the role of the Black body in the marketplace and the institutional barriers faced by Black photographers. Through artist portfolios and conversations between generations, "The New Black Vanguard" proposes a brilliantly reenvisioned future of inclusion and representation.