Maya June Mansour is a multidisciplinary artist with roots in Black America, Iran, and Palestine. Her practice explores themes of healing and justice using photography, bookmaking, and mixed media. In 2022, Maya was a recipient of the Image Equity Fellowship supported by Google and Aperture for her photo series Light Brown Butterfly. She has shown her work at Pioneer Works in New York, Root Division in San Francisco, and with the Los Angeles Center for Photography.
In addition to her own practice, Maya is a co-founder and steward of Black Image Center, a community photography space in Los Angeles that redistributes storytelling resources from the creative and entertainment industries in Hollywood to LA’s Black residents. Through her work at Black Image Center, Maya has facilitated collaborations with partners including The Getty, Art Center College of Design, and For Freedoms.
To get in contact with Maya, send her an email at mayajunemansour@gmail.com
In addition to her own practice, Maya is a co-founder and steward of Black Image Center, a community photography space in Los Angeles that redistributes storytelling resources from the creative and entertainment industries in Hollywood to LA’s Black residents. Through her work at Black Image Center, Maya has facilitated collaborations with partners including The Getty, Art Center College of Design, and For Freedoms.
To get in contact with Maya, send her an email at mayajunemansour@gmail.com
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KQED, In ‘With Open Eyes,’ Artists Deploy Dignity and Softness in Depictions of Black Life
Time Out, PHOTOFAIRS New York
Emulsions Podcast, Maya June Mansour
Aperture, Photographs That Show the ‘Fire and Thunder’ of Contemporary Life
Aperture, Announcing the Winners of Google’s 2022 Image Equity Fellowship
Time Out, PHOTOFAIRS New York
Emulsions Podcast, Maya June Mansour
Aperture, Photographs That Show the ‘Fire and Thunder’ of Contemporary Life
Aperture, Announcing the Winners of Google’s 2022 Image Equity Fellowship
BLACK IMAGE CENTER SELECTED PRESS
Dazed, The New Initiative Empowering Black Image-Makers In LA
Hyperallergic, A New California Center Is Building a Legacy of Black Photographers
LA Times, Tell Your Own Story. L.A.’s Black Image Center is Here to Help You
Hyperallergic, A New California Center Is Building a Legacy of Black Photographers
LA Times, Tell Your Own Story. L.A.’s Black Image Center is Here to Help You