TED Talks

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis: Thomas A mother and son united by love and art (2017x286)

Uitzenddatum: Dec 20, 2017

An art school professor once told Deborah Willis that she, as a woman, was taking a place from a good man -- but the storied photographer says she instead made a space for a good man, her son Hank Willis Thomas. In this moving talk, the mother and son artists describe how they draw from one another in their work, how their art challenges mainstream narratives about black life and black joy, and how, ultimately, everything comes down to love.