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Global Risqué / The archive
A FACE.
A NAME.
A RECORD.
Real people, surviving pictures, and the words they left behind. We follow the records to bring the person back into view.
First collectionThe right to be seen
1850s–1860s
Free archive reader / A01
The right to be seen.
Three editorials, surviving portraits, and the documents behind the stories. A 16-page reader to keep.
01 / Editorial
She sold the picture. She kept the name.
Sojourner Truth used a portrait card to connect her public image to the support of a living person.
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02 / Editorial
A likeness within reach
Frederick Douglass left an argument about who could possess a picture, and how pictures could change a society.
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03 / Editorial
One speech, two printed lives
An 1851 newspaper report and an 1863 recollection carry different versions of Sojourner Truth’s speech.
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Stories worth keeping.
Images worth returning to.
Global Risqué brings a collector’s eye to documentary storytelling: considered imagery, original editorial, and the lives behind the frame. Each edition is composed to reward a closer look.
For enquiries about forthcoming editions and photographic prints, contact the editorial office.
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