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Named among the 100 Most Important People

in Photography by American Photography
Magazine, Dr. Deborah Willis is Chair and
Professor of Photography and Imaging at The Tisch
School of the Arts, New York University. A 2005
Guggenheim and Fletcher Fellow, Dr.Willis is one
of the nation's leading historians of African
American photography and curator of African American culture.

Dr. Willis’s newest book Posing Beauty, explores
the contested ways that African and African
American beauty have been represented in
historical and contemporary contexts through a
diverse range of media including video, fashion
and advertising.

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