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Pop Up Magazine:The Geography of Poverty /October 30, 2015 by Matt Black

The Geography of Poverty at Pop-Up Magazine, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.

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The Myths of Photography and the American Dream

Matt Black is an American photographer and an associate member of Magnum Photos.

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radio INTERVIEWS

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Oct 9, 2018
KVPR
Oct 9, 2018
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Jan 27, 2018
NPR
Jan 27, 2018
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Sep 7, 2015
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Sep 7, 2015
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The geography of poverty

Matt Black’s exploration of poverty in contemporary America.

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Read More

Poverty and Mythologies in America, Magnum Photos, October 17, 2018

Photographer Matt Black on documenting poverty, CBS News : Sunday Morning,  April 15, 2018

Depicting Poverty: Matt Black Pushes Documentary Photography to its Fullest Range, Reading The Pictures, February 18, 2018

America From The Bottom’: Documenting Poverty Across The Country, NPR, January 27, 2018

States of Vulnerability, TIME, January 25, 2018

Portraits of US Urban Disparity, Shot 50 Years Apart, Huck Magazine, December 15, 2017

An Evening Conversation with Matt Black & Alissa Quart on: The Geography of Poverty,  Magnum Foundation, December 7, 2016

The City: Prison’s Grip on the Black Family, The Spirals of Poverty and Mass Incarceration Upend Urban Communities,  MSNBC, October 01, 2016

The Heartland: Life and Loss in Ohio’s Steel City, Industrial Luster Tarnished in a Cutthroat Global Economy,  MSNBC , September 01, 2016

The Lookouts: Matt Black Revisions the Homeless,  Reading the Pictures, June 01, 2016

‘Poverty is Often Looked at in Isolation, but it is an American Problem,  The Guardian, May 29, 2016

Photos: Tracing Poverty in the West, High Country News, November 13, 2015

W. Eugene Smith Grants Honor Humanistic Photography, Lens, New York Times, October 14, 2015

No Man's Land: The Last Tribes of the Plain, MSNBC, October 1, 2015

The Rust Belt: Once Mighty Cities in Decline, MSNBC, September 1, 2015

Matt Black’s ‘moral’ photography of America’s sprawling poverty, British Journal of Photography,  August 28, 2015

Cancer Alley: Big Industry, Big Problems, MSNBC, July 30, 2015

How One Photographer Is Mapping America’s Poverty, Time, July 15, 2015

Dark Valley: Life in the Shadows, MSNBC, June 30, 2015

A Journey Through Forgotten America, MSNBC, June 15, 2015

Geography of Poverty: Matt Black Documents Downtrodden California, KCET, February 11, 2015

Ways of Seeing: The Contemporary Photo Essay, Time Lightbox, December 31, 2014

Matt Black Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2014, Time, December 18, 2014

Growing Pains in California’s Most Neglected Region, Open Society Foundations, September 16, 2014

Striking Images Shine Light on the Side of America We Rarely See, Mic, September 11, 2014

PAST events

Events
Milk Studios, New York City, NY
Apr 4, 2016
Exhibit: Magnum Photos New Blood
Milk Studios, New York City, NY
Apr 4, 2016
Milk Studios, New York City, NY
Apr 4, 2016
The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Feb 26, 2016
Exhibit: The Kingdom of Dust
The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Feb 26, 2016
The California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Feb 26, 2016
Paris Climate Change Summit
Nov 19, 2015
Street Installation: COP 21 Paris
Paris Climate Change Summit
Nov 19, 2015
Paris Climate Change Summit
Nov 19, 2015
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 16, 2015
Lecture: Framing Migrant Labor
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 16, 2015
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 16, 2015
Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 12, 2015
Exhibit: From Clouds to Dust
Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 12, 2015
Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Nov 12, 2015
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 30, 2015
Pop Up Magazine:The Geography of Poverty
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 30, 2015
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 30, 2015
The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, NY
Oct 3, 2015
Street Installation: Magnum Foundation
The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, NY
Oct 3, 2015
The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City, NY
Oct 3, 2015
Anastasia Photo, New York City, NY
Sep 15, 2015
Exhibit: Geography of Poverty
Anastasia Photo, New York City, NY
Sep 15, 2015
Anastasia Photo, New York City, NY
Sep 15, 2015
Photoville photo festival, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 10, 2015
Street Installation: Geography of Poverty
Photoville photo festival, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 10, 2015
Photoville photo festival, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 10, 2015
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Jan 30, 2015
Exhibit: From Clouds to Dust
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Jan 30, 2015
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
Jan 30, 2015

INSTAGRAM

Madawaska, Maine. Snowstorm. For @topicstories.
Madawaska, Maine. Snowstorm. For @topicstories.
Pleasant Point, Maine. For @topicstories.
Pleasant Point, Maine. For @topicstories.
Near Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine. For @topicstories. Follow link in profile.
Near Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine. For @topicstories. Follow link in profile.

TWITTER

  • Matt Black
    RT @MagnumPhotos: This week: @MattBlack_Matt travels to Maine for @topicstories, where the winter hits the state's elderly residents… https://t.co/lxh4mxXHgt
    about 6 days ago
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    A few weeks ago I was in rural Maine where conditions are hard in the winter, particularly for the elderly and poor… https://t.co/s0w4FGsM0w
    about a week ago
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    RT @MagnumPhotos: Ahead of the #InternationalMigrantsDay, we speak to @MattBlack_Matt about his long-term projects on migration and f… https://t.co/fxQDwxZANM
    about 2 months ago

CONTACT  
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