Deborah Willis

Deborah Willis is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an affiliated appointment with the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, and Africana Studies. Willis is the author of Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present ; Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers - 1840 to the Present ; Let Your Motto be Resistance - African...See more

Deborah Willis is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an affiliated appointment with the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, and Africana Studies. Willis is the author of Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present ; Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers - 1840 to the Present ; Let Your Motto be Resistance - African American Portraits ; Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery with Barbara Krauthamer ; and Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs . Both Envisioning Emancipation and Michelle Obama received NAACP Image Awards. See less