Joshua Rashaad McFadden
Selfhood.
Joshua R. McFadden is one of the 50 best emerging photographers for 2015, as named in the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards.
After Selma Series.
Artist’s Statement
The road from Selma to Montgomery, AL wasn’t without opposition. Yet through adversity, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands from the African-American community into new and deserved territory known as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
As seen in these photographs, today’s streets mirror similar scenes from the past. Across the country, community members of all races mourn the wrongful deaths of black boys and young men, while still fighting for what they thought they had all along—civil rights. Their sentiments can be heard: “We have marched from Selma, but 50 years later, where are we now?”
After SELMA will continue to be documented all over the USA.
—Joshua Rashaad McFadden
From the Colorism Series.
Statement
Around the world, women within their respective races continue to experience the pain and alienation associated with the issue of colorism, the inherent belief that one skin tone is better or worse than another. The perceptions attached to skin color and tone controls everyday interactions between people. This issue causes disparities in areas such as income, education, housing, and marriage. This fact is no different in the Black communities of the United States, and still requires awareness and healing.
