Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
Category
YG20
Annual ID
YG20_Hart_0
Georgia native and NYU graduate, Eric Hart Jr., is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. As a photographer, Hart's stylized portraiture is an exploration of blackness and shifting identities within black culture. His visual language is influenced by the nuances of intersectionality. From masculinity, queerness, to dress, his work aims to display people like himself in all of their power and beauty. Hart's photo work has been published in publications such as i-D Magazine, The NY Times, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone magazine, as well as praised by artists such as Beyoncé and Spike Lee. Hart is a two-time Gordon Parks scholar, 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 Art & Style select, 2022 Doritos SOLID BLACK Changemaker and Google Image Equity Fellow.
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Title
When I Think About Power
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
Personal Project
Annual ID
YG20_30_01
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Eric Hart Jr.'s tender vision of Blackness
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
i-D Magazine
Annual ID
YG20_30_02
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Latto for Rolling Stone
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
Rolling Stone
Annual ID
YG20_30_03
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Baz Luhrmann for V Magazine
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
V Magazine
Annual ID
YG20_30_04
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Symone X Jean Paul Gaultier
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
V Magazine
Annual ID
YG20_30_05
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
The Deconstruction of a Cloud
Agency
Eric Hart Jr.
Client
Personal Project
Annual ID
YG20_30_06
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
2022 Awards
YG Winner
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