{"product_id":"jon-henry-stranger-fruit-special-edition-archival-print","title":"Jon Henry: Stranger Fruit (Special Edition + Archival Print)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStranger Fruit by Jon Henry, second printing, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOOK + ARCHIVAL PRINT \u003cstrong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1761928894894_13977\"\u003e11x14” archival pigment print, signed, limited to 25 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAIGA 50 books | 50 Covers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, winner\u003cbr\u003e- 2023 Silver Cube, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt Directors Club\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Award\u003cbr\u003e- 2023 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKraszna-Krausz Book Awards Longlist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 El Pais, Best Photography Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- written about on \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreative Bloom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- written about on \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFRAMES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Stranger Fruit was created in response to the senseless murders of black men across the nation by police violence. Even with smart phones and dash cams recording the actions, more lives get cut short due to unnecessary and excessive violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWho is next? Me? My brother? My friends? How do we protect these men?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLost in the furor of media coverage, lawsuits and protests is the plight of the mother. Who, regardless of the legal outcome, must carry on without her child.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI set out to photograph mothers with their sons in their environment, reenacting what it must feel like to endure this pain. The mothers in the photographs have not lost their sons, but understand the reality, that this could happen to their family. The mother is also photographed in isolation, reflecting on the absence. When the trials are over, the protesters have gone home and the news cameras gone, it is the mother left. Left to mourn, to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe title of the project is a reference to the song “Strange Fruit.” Instead of black bodies hanging from the Poplar Tree, these fruits of our families, our communities, are being killed in the street.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e+ Jon Henry\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJon Henry is a visual artist working with photography and text, from Queens NY (resides in Brooklyn). His work reflects on family, sociopolitical issues, grief, trauma and healing within the African American community. His work has been published both nationally and internationally and exhibited in numerous galleries including Aperture Foundation, Smack Mellon, and BRIC among others. Known foremost for the cultural activism in his work, his projects include studies of athletes from different sports and their representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe was recently named one of The 30 New and Emerging Photographers for 2022, TIME Magazine NEXT100 for 2021. Included in the Inaugural 2021 Silver List. He recently was awarded the Arnold Newman Grant for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture in 2020, an En Foco Fellow, one of LensCulture's Emerging Artists and has also won the Film Photo Prize for Continuing Film Project sponsored by Kodak.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDesign by Caleb Cain Marcus | Luminosity Lab\u003cbr\u003eEssay - Sabrina Greig\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e7.75 x 11.25” vertical, hardcover\u003cbr\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003eFirst Edition - Second Printing, limited to 1000 copies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kris Graves Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555728887865,"sku":"210000003825","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/0872\/9145\/files\/strangerfruitprint.png?v=1790280155","url":"https:\/\/shop.icp.org\/products\/jon-henry-stranger-fruit-special-edition-archival-print","provider":"International Center of Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}