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Ming Smith makes history at MoMA

Jun 16, 202310:02Society & Culture

In 1979, The Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA) purchased photographs from an African-American woman for the first time in its history. Ming Smith was famous for capturing her subjects with slow shutter speeds and using oil pa...

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Ming Smith makes history at MoMA is an episode from Witness: Witness Black History by BBC. In 1979, The Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA) purchased photographs from an African-American woman for the first time in its history. Ming Smith was famo...

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Published Jun 16, 2023, 10:02 long, audio available.

Ming Smith makes history at MoMA

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