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Shawn Theodore
1970–
United States
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Shawn Theodore (born 1970) is a Philadelphia contemporary artist, writer and photographer. Theodore, who was born in Germany and raised in the West Oak Lane section of the city, focuses on a variety of photographic genres within the context of Blackness. His work is an intersection of visual and written narratives, illusory perspectives, and culturally significant photographic imagery, and objects to speak to the importance and equivalence of historical and quotidian moments of African-American culture.
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