Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill
American, born 1937
Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970-80)
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Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill
American, born 19371972
Untitled, from the series "The Garage" (1970-80)
Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill American, born 1937 →20th Centuryphotographphotography
Date
1972
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 22 × 15 cm (8 11/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
National Docent Symposium Endowment
Mikki Ferrill began her career as a photojournalist after studying graphic design and illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and photographed for Ebony magazine throughout the 1970s. Her work was also included in the first volume of the Black Photographers Annual (1973), a seminal publication created by members of the Kamoinge Workshop to showcase a range of black photographic practices; over the course of its four-issue run, the publication would feature James Van Der Zee, Roy DeCarava, and Dawoud Bey, in addition to many lesser-known photographers. In her photographs of dancers in 1970s Chicago, Ferrill suggests her relaxed relationship to her subjects, candidly capturing their easy rapport with the photographer and one another.
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