Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I'll Run On

Joshua Rashaad McFadden is an American artist who explores and celebrates Black life in the United States through photography. His work confronts racism and anti-Black violence, documenting the beauty of Black life and illuminating the specificity of Black living in the historical present. This catalog offers an overview of his poignant and deeply personal body of work, asserting his key role in shaping the art and visual culture of the United States.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2022
Publisher: Yale University Press

American artist Joshua Rashaad McFadden (b. 1990) creates photographs that examine and celebrate Black life in the United States. Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe Ill Run On, which was released in conjunction with his first solo museum exhibition, showcases his mastery of a diverse range of photographic genres, including social documentary, reportage, portraiture, and fine art. Through his use of the medium, he confronts racism and anti-Black violence, similar to Black photographers like Gordon Parks, Roy DeCarava, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, and LaToya Ruby Frazier. McFadden captures the beauty of Black life and illuminates the unique experiences of Black individuals living in our historical present, including a series of powerful photographs dedicated to the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

In addition to a candid interview between McFadden and artist Lyle Ashton Harris and an essay that traces McFadden's meteoric career, this catalog provides an overview of and insight into a poignant and deeply personal body of work, asserting McFadden's significant role in shaping the art and visual culture of the United States.

Published in association with the George Eastman Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
(November 5, 2021–June 19, 2022)

Weight: 2106g
Dimension: 304 x 255 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300264265