Krista Thompson is an art historian. She serves as Weinberg College Board of Visitors Professor and Professor in the Department of
Art History at
Northwestern University.
Her work focuses on
modern
Modern may refer to:
History
* Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
Phil ...
and
contemporary art and
visual culture of the
Africa diaspora, particularly the medium of
photography.
Thompson earned her PhD in 2002 from
Emory University.
In 2009 Thompson won the Driskell Prize from the
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, recognizing "an original and important contribution to the field of African American art or art history."
Works
* ''An Eye for the Tropics: Photography, Tourism, and Framing the Caribbean Picturesque'' (
Duke University Press, 2006)
* ''Developing Blackness: Studio Photographs of “Over the Hill” Nassau in the Independence Era'' (
National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, 2008)
* ''Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice'' (Duke University Press, 2015)
References
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Living people
Northwestern University faculty
Historians of photography
Women art historians
Year of birth missing (living people)