@johncedmonds

John Edmonds

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"I remember when my mom passed, I asked you to not be further than like, two inches from me for a while. And you just really like honored that." @nckash @standup4justice TO HAVE A BROKEN HEART & LOVE AGAIN ❤️ thank you for this very moving moment ! @nckash @standup4justice @calvinklein @cedricmurac @jessekaufmann @raisaflowers @evaniefrausto @dara._ @evnyc @artist.commissions

John Edmonds @johncedmonds

I have been spending much time thinking about men, power, authority, leadership and education. What does it mean for those of us who lacked male leadership in our upbringing to step into our adult boots and figure out how to mentor the youth? What does it means to be seen, nurtured and educated by a man? To figure out that process together ? A new opportunity arises for all of us to restore and build trust. No it is not our job, but it is our responsibility. To influence and direct the growth of young minds, not colonize them with what we as adults still struggle to unlearn. At the beginning of the semester I asked each of my students to share one line , one belief on art-making and process. As an educator, I want challenge those I come into contact with on their beliefs- not what others believe, not what others believe for them, not what your friends do, not what your parents taught you- what do you believe ? I am most thankful that we can be the presence that was absent for us. Thank you Anna, Ellie, Lucy, Uzo, Wendy, Oswaldo, Mika, Charles, Griffin, Dumebi, Ife, Abel and to our TA Allison for allowing me to be your captain this spring and to the Harvard community for a semester of challenges, problem solving and healing. Thank you Sharon Harper, Elle Perez and Dan Byers for bringing me into your home and trusting me to lead…! Thank you Ashley James and Alexandra Bell for visiting my class. Thank you, thank you, thank you all around for an amazing semester…I think about the impact you all have on me daily….and it is invaluable… So much love… ❤️

Location: Harvard University

John Edmonds @johncedmonds

Thanks everybody…still haven’t seen it myself ! Been great getting all the pics via text and the shout outs. I know pride month has passed but I would say …queerness is about being in touch with your true self and who you are in your heart…don’t deny what is in the heart…this is the first form of self-hatred…love what is there…love who is there…self acceptance is the key to change…it starts with you ❤️

Location: SoHo

John Edmonds @johncedmonds

The rumors are true I’m teaching @harvard ! I’m thrilled to join many friends and colleagues at the university this spring. Thank you to all who have supported me on this journey and make this life worth living. To a prosperous 2022 for all! 🥂 * John Edmonds is an American artist and photographer who first came to public recognition with his intimate portraits of lovers, close friends and strangers. He earned his MFA in Photography from Yale University and his BFA at the Corcoran School of Arts & Design. His work explores themes of identity, community, desire and belonging. Noted for his highly formalist photographs in which he focuses on the performative gestures and self-fashioning of young, Black men on the streets of America, his work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, The Art Gallery of Ontario, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Museum of Modern Art, SFMoMA, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Rubell Collection, The Phillips Collection, The National Gallery of Art, The Getty Museum, The Solomon R. Guggenheim and Yale University Art Gallery. Residencies include: the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine; Light Work, Syracuse, New York; and the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Recent exhibitions include Black Modernism - Africa and the Avantgarde at the Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Germany; God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin at David Zwirner, New York; Ex-Africa at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris and The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time at the Brooklyn Museum. In 2019, He was included in 79th Whitney Biennial. His forthcoming exhibition, A Sidelong Glance, opens at FOAM Amsterdam in Spring 2022. Edmonds has taught at Yale University and the School of Visual Arts. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and is on faculty at Harvard University.

Location: 2022

John Edmonds @johncedmonds

BEST TIMES. THANK YOU 💕 (hit the maximum of tags but thank you to EVERYONE who made this possible).

Location: 2021

John Edmonds @johncedmonds

Your writing and deeply thoughtful criticism changed me forever , opened up my eyes to the restorative power love and fellowship can have, thank you for your work..❤️ #bellhooks