Zora J Murff

Zora J Murff is an artist and educator interested in liberation from anti-Blackness. He has created multiple books of his work, his latest monograph, True Colors (Or, Affirmations in a Crisis) was published by Aperture Foundation in 2021. His work has been exhibited and collected widely be institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, LACMA, Studio Museum in Harlem, and the V&A Museum. In 2023, Murff was named an International Center for Photography Infinity Award Winner. Murff uses his creative practice to explore the provocative politics of stereotypes and other forms of Black misrepresentations we consume through imagery. Like bell hooks, he strives to speak plainly about visual culture and its entanglement with racial capitalism and other forms of hierarchical oppression. 

More about Zora:

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/432

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/zora-murff-at-no-point-in-between

 https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/wxd7kx/zora-j-murff-true-colors-photography-book