By Maurice Berger.
The Vision & Justice Book Series, a groundbreaking endeavor conceived by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and published by Aperture, is designed to address past omissions and contribute to the ongoing work of building a richer, more racially inclusive story of lensbased practices. An extension of the work of the award-winning 2016 “Vision & Justice” issue of Aperture magazine, the Book Series centers the work of leading lensbased Black artists and related scholars and writers who have been vital to understanding the role of images in generating equity and justice in America.

Co-edited by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Leigh Raiford, and Deborah Willis, the series commences with three titles:

1. Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images, the first posthumous collection of writings by cultural historian, curator, and writer Maurice Berger (1956–2020)

2. The first-ever monograph of Doug Harris’ work, which created a new visual vocabulary for the organizing efforts of the Civil Rights Movement

3. A survey of self-taught photographer Coreen Simpson’s work exploring the intersections of style, beauty, and representation Read More