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Statement by the photographer, Tyler MITCHELL
"I want to imagine what a black utopia looks like or could look like." (loosely translated, © Tyler MITCHELL)
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The series 'I can make you feel good' by young photographer Tyler MITCHELL have been showed in New York and Amsterdam with big effort. This photo volume brings together his photographic and film work from his first solo exhibition at the ICP. Tyler MITCHELL features pictures of black people enjoying daily life - predominantly outdoors - in opposition to the art historical renderings of leisure time as the purview of the white gentry. He has been praised for documenting nuanced expressions of black life, which he has referred to as a 'Black utopic vision' which 'challenges the art historical renderings of leisure time as the purview of the white gentry.' He explores cultural reclamation in his professional work as fashion photographer.Content
"On every page of the photo book 'I Can Make You Feel Good,' Tyler MITCHELLs revels in his signature candy-colored palette. With no white space left, the book's design reflects the photographer's comprehensive vision, characterized by his use of bright, natural light and rich colors to portray the young black men and women he photographs as intimate and full of optimism. The monograph includes texts by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Deborah Willis, Mirjam Kooiman, and Isolde Brielmaier, whose critical voices examine the cultural diffusion of Tyler MITCHELL's reframing of the Black experience." (freely translated, © Prestel Verlag, 2020)