LIA LATTY
Lia Latty is an emerging photographer born in Miami, FL, and now resides in Baltimore, MD. She is currently studying photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Lia invites participants from marginalized communities to empower themselves in front of the camera through intimate studio sessions. She uses lighting and color theory as the main elements to broaden the representation of Black bodies and Black skin within the media. Through authenticity and personal experiences, she communicates with others in order to share their voices as a collective and initiate dialogue about issues relating to identity and race. Her work has been exhibited at MICA and around Baltimore, MD.
Lia is also the founder of Black Is, a publication that publishes the stories and the work of Black photographers from around the world, because one experience does not speak for all. Black Is is dedicated to creating a platform to showcase Black photographers whose work speaks to the diversity of Black communities and Black people. The magazine will act as a place of discussion and an archival platform, keeping a database of all the Black photographers they interview/share the work of.
LIA’S LIST
BOOKS
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
The Black Photographer’s Annual 1973
“Speculation on Black Artists Has Gotten So Intense That for Christie’s Latest Sale, Its Curator Is Asking Buyers to Sign a Special Contract” - Eileen Kinsella, artnet News
“Photographs Not Taken: A Collection of Photographers’ Essays” edited by Will Steacy
Seeing Deeply by Dawoud Bey
The Creative Process by James Baldwin (from Creative America, Ridge Press, 1962)
