Ayana V. Jackson
(born 1977) is an American
photographer and filmmaker. Born in Livingston, New Jersey, she received her
B.A. in Sociology from Spelman College in 1999. In 2005, at the invitation of
professor Khatarina Sieverding, she studied critical theory and large format
printing at the University of Arts Berlin. She is best known for her focus on
Contemporary Africa and the African Diaspora, most notably the series African by Legacy, Mexican by Birth, Leapfrog (a bit of the Other) Grand Matron
Army, and Archival Impulse
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