Nona Faustine, Photographer Who Pictured Enslavement’s Unseen Histories and Black Women’s Perseverance, Dies at 48

Nona Faustine unpacks the dark and hidden history of America

This article is printed in the latest issue of British Journal of Photography magazine, Activism & Protest, delivered direct to you with an 1854 Subscription. BJP is saddened to hear that photographer and visual artist Nona Faustine has passed away. In celebration of her life and work, we are republishing our interview on White Shoes, her alternative history of the USA and its slave trade Wall Street is famous the world over …

Nona Faustine, Photographer Who Pictured Enslavement’s Unseen Histories and Black Women’s Perseverance, Dies at 48

Nona Faustine, a photographer who used her work to highlight the perseverance of Black women, has died at 48. The Brooklyn Museum, which mounted an exhibition of the artist last year, confirmed her passing on social media. A cause of death was not specified. ARTnews has reached out to Higher Pictures, Faustine’s New York gallery. In ways both provocative and beautiful, Faustine’s photography explored conditions afflicting Black women across …