Hundreds of people squeezed into Aperture Foundation to celebrate the release of Antwaun Sargent’s new photography book.
Oluwabukola Becky Akinyode, stylist, Crown Heights.
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What a dress.
It’s a scarf, actually — Issey Miyake. I got it because a friend of mine wore the same one in silver to the Crazy Rich Asians premiere last year. She’s an artist and a DJ, and her and her friend, who is a stylist who works with Solange, and her sister, who is a model, all wore these Issey scarves in different colors as dresses. And when I asked her about it, she said, “You have to get it, it’s fab.” The shoes are these slippers I got from Morocco because I want to be comfortable and they look fancy, and also because I have size 12 feet.
Size 12!
I used to be so self-conscious I’d stuff myself into 10’s, but then I went to the doctor and he said, “If you don’t start wearing 12’s, you’re going to have to get foot surgery.” I have a lot of aunties who have had foot surgery, and it was not cute. So then I was like, Girl, done.
Where are you going after this?
To the Frank Ocean party because my friends, this group Papi Juice, are DJ-ing. But I heard the first party last week was not fun. Not, not, not fun at all. My friends said, quote-unquote, that the crowd was very not the crowd. Very straight, very scene-y. But, like, sneakerboy scene-y. Fuccboi scene-y.
Miles Greenberg, artist, Chinatown.
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Jiajia Fei, digital strategist, Downtown Brooklyn.
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What brought you here?
The curator, Antwaun, is my roommate and my best friend. When he moved in, he was a kindergarten teacher. And now the line at his opening is longer than the one at Sleep No More across the street.
Isabella Barnes, student, Harlem.
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Myles Loftin, photographer, Bushwick.
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Monique Long, curator, Harlem.
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Al Green, stylist, Harlem.
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Willie Alexander, opera singer, Mott Haven.
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Where do you sing?
Lately, I’ve been composing, but I’ve actually just started this aria-themed open-mic series out of Ruby Dee’s childhood home in Harlem.
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Erin Albrecht, photography producer, Gowanus.
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Jonathan Gardenhire, artist–district leader, Lower East Side.
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Amanda Murray, stylist, Crown Heights.
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Are you going to the after-party?
I was going to go, but I think I’m too nervous about my dress being ruined, because it has a pretty serious trail situation.
Mama Cax, model, Bushwick.
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DeRay McKesson, activist, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Ashton Muñiz, performance artist, Bushwick.
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Jari Jones, model-actress, Jackson Heights.
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Antwaun Sargent, curator-author, Downtown Brooklyn.
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What has the response to your show been?
People have been running up to me crying, saying this is the first time they’ve seen representation of themselves in a way that is reflective of their realities. It makes me sad. But optimistic, too.
Lazarus Lynch, cookbook author, Jamaica, Queens.
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Xin Okorafor, artist, Crown Heights.
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What kind of artist are you?
Multidisciplinary. Right now, my inspirations are mainly primordial memories I recall from my existence before.
Christine Hollingsworth, dancer, Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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Renell Medrano, photo, Bronx.
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Daveed Baptiste, artist/textile designer, Haiti.
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Anzie Dasabe, model, Flatbush.
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Kellian Delice, performer, actor, composer/musician & activist, Bed-Stuy.
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Tyler Mitchell, photographer, Bushwick.
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Cary Fagan, photographer/ business owner, Houston, Texas.
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Adam Eli, writer/activist, Greenwich Village.
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Edvin Thompson, fashion designer, Bed-Stuy.
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Toniesha Payne, Urban Music Marketing at RCA Records, Bushwick/East Williamsburg.
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Amy Sall, cultural entrepreneur, New York City.
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Kristen Joy Watts, Creative Director at Instagram, South Williamsburg.
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Mario Horne, art director, Jersey City.
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Jamal Plummer, singer/dancer, Prospect Park South.
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CJ Hart, model/actor/poet, Bushwick.
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Gianni Lee, fine artist, Prospect Heights.
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Ben Ross, actor, Williamsburg.
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Bilal “Multisse” Schitzo, poet/conceptual artist, Stapleton, Staten Island.
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Michael Umesiobi, stylist/artist, East New York.
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Edem Dela-Seshie, writer/producer, Bed-Stuy.
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Lucie Rox, photographer, London.
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*A version of this article appears in the November 11, 2019, issue of New York Magazine. Subscribe Now!