Art Fact Friday #19 Dec1st Joshua Rashad McFadden
- William Mandela Matthews
- Dec 1, 2023
- 2 min read
Award-winning and internationally recognized ;American artist primarily working in photography medium. Joshua Rashaad McFadden uses archival material within his work and is known for his portraiture. He also conceptually magnifies and investigates themes of identity, masculinity, history, race, and sexuality. His works examine a multitude of Black male personalities. McFadden demonstrates a superior ability to manipulate a multitude of photographic genres—social documentary, reportage, portraiture, and fine art. His works have been featured in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Born 1990 in Rochester, N.Y., McFadden holds a BA in Fine Art from Elizabeth City State University and an MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2015 he received the first place International Photography Award (IPA) for "After Selma,". 2016 he earned first place IPA award for "Come to Selfhood,". In 2017, Time Magazine named McFadden one of's "American Voices" and he earned the Duke University Archive of Documentary Arts Collection Award. McFadden's "I Am A Man" was published in the Smithsonian Magazine in 2018 and received the Communication Arts Award of Excellence.
His first solo museum exhibition, open in conjunction with his book “Joshua Rashaad McFadden: I Believe I’ll Run On”. His book confirms McFadden’s key role in molding art and visual culture of the United States. McFadden serves as assistant professor of photography at RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.
I am a visual artist whose work primarily centers on people and their experiences with a hyperfocus on themes surrounding identity, masculinity, history, race and sexuality. For a long time, I have sharpened my lens on black men, capturing how we perceive ourselves, especially in contrast to how America at large sees us.
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