Shawn Theodore

**Shawn Theodore** (amụrụ 1970) bụ onye na-ese ihe n'oge Philadelphia, onye edemede na onye na-ese foto. Ọrụ Theodore na-elekwasị anya n'ụdị foto dị iche iche n'ime ọnọdụ nke Blackness .  Ọrụ ya bụ njikọ nke akụkọ a na-ahụ anya na nke edere, echiche efu, na ihe osise dị ịrịba ama nke omenala na ihe ndị na-ekwu maka mkpa na nha nke oge akụkọ ihe mere eme na oge okwu nke omenala African-American .

Theodore bịara bụrụ onye a ma ama maka ọrụ foto okporo ụzọ gbadoro anya na silhouette nwere agba ya. "A dọọrọ m n'echiche nke ihe na-eme onwe ya ka ihe, oghere, na ebe ndị gbara gị gburugburu na-amalite ịla n'iyi. N'ikwu ya n'ụzọ ọzọ, gịnị na-eme Black ahụ na uche na-apụ n'anya n'ógbè Black?"  Ihe ngosi mbụ nke foto foto ya n'okporo ámá bụ ọrụ foto mbụ ya, ' *The Avenues* ' na 2015 na Painted Bride Art Center na Philadelphia, dịka akụkụ nke *Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia* nke Pew Center kwadoro. maka Arts &amp;amp; Heritage . 

Ebumnobi ya ekwuru bụ nyocha nke agbụrụ, ọnọdụ ime mmụọ, nna ochie, matriarchy, na nhazi klaasị n'ime obodo ndị ojii.  Ọ na-akọwa nke a n'ihu, na-ekwu na "ọrụ m na-agbagha ka e si emepụta njirimara site na akụkọ, akụkọ ifo, akụkọ akụkọ, na mkparịta ụka obodo na-aga n'ihu. A na-akpali m site na nnọgidesi ike nke ịkọ akụkọ hyperlocal na otú ọ ga-esi bụrụ akụkọ ifo nke ya, na nke a. 'Afromythology'" 

Na 2016 Theodore sere foto mkpuchi maka Smithsonian Magazine  mbipụta pụrụ iche akpọrọ, " *Black In America* ". mbipụta a bụ ihe mkpuchi mkpuchi nke akụkụ anọ, mkpuchi ndị ọzọ bụ ndị na-ese ihe bụ Amy Sherald, Lorna Simpson, na Delphine Diallo kere. Na 2019 Theodore ka ebipụtara na New York Times maka edemede akpọrọ, " *Ihe Nkwụghachi maka Ịgba Ịgba Ohu nwere ike ịdị ka na 2019* ," nke gụnyekwara ihe osise collage mbụ ya.  Na 2019 Theodore sere foto mkpuchi maka Akwụkwọ akụkọ Akwụkwọ nke na-egosi onye na-akwado ikike obodo America na onye na-agba bọọlụ Colin Kaepernick . Okwu a na-ese foto nke Kaepernick na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ a ma ama na ndị America America na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị na-eme ihe nkiri dị ka Dr. Angela Davis, Tarana Burke, Taraji P. Henson, Yara Shahidi, The Exonerated 5, Indya Moore, Ava DuVernay, na Bryan Stevenson .  

Na 2020 ihe atụ foto nke Theodore pụtara na mbipụta February 2020 nke The Atlantic n'akụkụ isiokwu ahụ *bụ ọgụ iji decolonize the Museum* .  Na mbipụta February 2020 nke New Republic, ihe atụ foto nke Theodore pụtara na isiokwu akpọrọ *Bookerism and the Black Elite, Ijikwa mmekọrịta agbụrụ si n'elu* .  N'April 2020, New Republic bipụtara ihe atụ foto nke Theodore nke onye nhazi ikike obodo ama ama Stokley Carmichael . Ihe onyonyo a so n'akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, *Site na Black Power ruo Black Establishment—Ihe nketa na-achọsi ike nke otu isiokwu na-enweghị atụ.*  Na 2021, Theodore nwetara nlebara anya mba maka ibipụta ihe osise 2018 nke onye na-ede uri Amanda Gorman ka ọ gụchara abụ "The Hill We Climb" na nraranye nke Joe Biden. 

E gosipụtara ọrụ Theodore na African American Museum na Philadelphia, Mennello Museum of American Art, The Barnes Foundation, Steven Kasher Gallery, AIPAD, Bakalar & Paine Gallery, Snap! Orlando, PRIZM Art Fair,  Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, na Mahadum nka n'etiti ndị ọzọ. 

## Ntụaka
akụkọ a na-ahụ anya na nke edere, echiche efu, na ihe osise dị ịrịba ama nke omenala na ihe ndị na-ekwu maka mkpa na nha nke oge akụkọ ihe mere eme na oge okwu nke

## Njikọ mpụga

* Official website
* Interview: Shawn Theodore, Yale University, Museumofinvisibleart.com, Nov 6, 2019
* Shawn Theodore Uses His Camera To Preserve Fading Black Neighborhoods, Yay LA Mag, 2019
* A Photographic Re-imaging of Black Past and Black Future With Shawn Theodore, MUSEE Magazine, Feb 2018
* Shawn Theodore's Captivating Work Is An Exploration of the African American Experience, Ignant.com, March 6, 2019
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