John Edmonds photographer interview Higher book du-rag 2018
© John Edmonds, courtesy of Capricious
Hometown: Growing up in Washington DC, John Edmonds came of age visiting the many free museums in the city. It created the perfect counterpoint to his upbringing in the Baptist Church, as he was able to recognise various figures from Bible stories. Edmonds adopted elements of painting into Immaculate (2011), the earliest series that appears in his first book, Higher (out on September 20 via Capricious).
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Now lives: After receiving an MFA in Photography from Yale University School of Art in 2016, Edmonds moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The black community immediately became a source of inspiration to the young artist. “Crown Heights is such a spirited area. It is really exciting and invigorating for me. The ‘Du-Rag’ series of photographs came out of my moving here and walking down the streets and seeing men and women in them,” Edmonds says. “I started photographing these people anonymously and printed them on a Japanese silk that replicates the materiality of it. When I started making those photographs, I felt as though I had arrived.”
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John Edmonds photographer interview Higher book du-rag 2018
© John Edmonds, courtesy of Capricious