40 under 40: LaToya Ruby Frazier, 35, associate professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Frazier shot to prominence--and to a TED fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship and MacArthur Foundation "genius" status--after the 2014 publication of "The Notion of Family," her chronicle of three generations of Fraziers in Braddock, a down-and-out Pittsburgh suburb that was home...
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| Published in: | Crain's Chicago Business 2017-12, Vol.40 (49), p.22 |
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| Summary: | Frazier shot to prominence--and to a TED fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship and MacArthur Foundation "genius" status--after the 2014 publication of "The Notion of Family," her chronicle of three generations of Fraziers in Braddock, a down-and-out Pittsburgh suburb that was home to Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill and A&P's original supermarket.A self-described visual artist with a camera, not a journalist, Frazier was reared by her grandmother after her mother removed her from their public housing project next to Braddock's steel mill, the grim tableau of "The Notion of Family." |
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| ISSN: | 0149-6956 1557-7902 |