Burberry Highlights Black Photographers In Monogram Puffer Campaign

London-based Burberry as led by Riccardo Tisci has commissioned black photographers Renell Medrano, Micaiah Carter and Arielle Bobb-Willis to highlight the launch of the label’s fall 2019 logo-covered collection of puffer jackets.

The campaign was inspired by The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion, a book featuring a compilation of images by black photographers as edited by Antwaun Sargent and published by Aperture Foundation.

In addition to the trio tapped for the campaign, additional featured photographers in the book include Campbell Addy, Awol Erizku, Nadine Ijewere, Quil Lemons, Namsa Leuba, Tyler Mitchell, Jamal Nxedlana, Daniel Obasi, Ruth Ossai, Adrienne Raquel, Dana Scruggs, and Stephen Tayo.

Burberry’s puffer collection available is now available on burberry.com.

Priced at $50, The New Black Vanguard is now available to purchase at aperture.org. Images from the book are also on exhibit from October 24, 2019 through January 18, 2020 at Aperture’s gallery located at 547 West 27th Street in Manhattan.

Enjoy a look at Medrano, Carter and Bobb-Willis’ images below.

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“Blackness can get pigeon-holed into a one-dimensional viewpoint, but in reality, it is as diverse as the galaxies in the universe.” —Micaiah Carter . The New Black Vanguard is all about opening up a space for the Black commercial image to flourish image. We are excited to have @burberry support this project, commissioning three of the artists—Renell Medrano (@renellaice), Arielle Bobb-Willis (@ariellebobbwillis), and Micaiah Carter (@micaiahcarter)—to create new images celebrating Burberry’s Monogram puffer collection. Read more about the project at aperture.org/blog . Images © @micaiahcarter #TBRT #BurberryGeneration #ThomasBurberryMonogram #NewBlackVanguard

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“I love the idea of seeing Black people represented in an abstract way. It’s important to me to continue to reject the notion that Black expression is limited—or limiting.” —Arielle Bobb-Willis . In The New Black Vanguard, @sirsargent addresses the radical transformation taking place in art and fashion among contemporary Black photographers rethinking the possibilities of representation. We are excited to have @burberry support this project, commissioning three of the artists—Renell Medrano (@renellaice), Arielle Bobb-Willis (@ariellebobbwillis), and Micaiah Carter (@micaiahcarter)—to create new images celebrating Burberry’s Monogram puffer collection. Read more about the project at aperture.org/blog . Images © @ariellebobbwillis #TBRT #BurberryGeneration #ThomasBurberryMonogram #NewBlackVanguard

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“I never try and make a perfect picture. I just try to photograph what I see around me.” —Renell Medrano . The New Black Vanguard looks at the ways contemporary Black photographers are radically transforming the worlds of art and fashion—rethinking the possibilities of representation. We are excited to have @burberry support this project, commissioning three of the artists—Renell Medrano (@renellaice), Arielle Bobb-Willis (@ariellebobbwillis), and Micaiah Carter (@micaiahcarter)—to create new images celebrating Burberry’s Monogram puffer collection. Read more about the project at aperture.org/blog . Images © @renellaice #TBRT #BurberryGeneration #ThomasBurberryMonogram #NewBlackVanguard

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