LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER, PIER 54: A HUMAN RIGHT TO PASSAGE, 2014
“LaToya Ruby Frazier, Holding flag at the edge of Pier 54 and the Hudson River. On flag: US Army transport Buford, the “Soviet ark,” used to deport political radicals and other “undesirable” noncitizens from the United States to Russia in December 1919, broadside view, 1907 from Pier 54: A Human Right to Passage, 2014” - MoMA
“In Pier 54: A Human Right to Passage, Frazier pays homage to her predecessors, documentary photographers of the late 19th century in which she shares the desire to comment on social, political, and economic conditions. In this series she brings her camera to her hometown Braddock, Pennsylvania and captures the community in its economic crisis that has ensued since the collapse of its steel industry in the 1970’s. She brings forth issues of class, race, health care, and environmental ruin.” - Medium