For this artist, portraits are the window to the soul

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For this artist, portraits are the window to the soul

By Leoneda Inge

Published December 12, 2023 at 7:36 PM EST

Portraiture is a direct and intimate form that helps us to really see people. Not just look at them.

This form of artistry has been a major part of Lyle Ashton Harris' body of work. He's known for his evocative self-portraits and portraiture, and is unafraid to force conversations around race, identity and queerness.

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The artist was recently featured in a story about three prominent exhibits from Black portraitists this fall, which you can read at The New York Times .

Guest
Lyle Ashton Harris, artist, professor

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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