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2022 Young Guns - YG Profile

Eric Hart Jr.

Agency Eric Hart Jr.

Client YG20

Category

YG20

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YG20_Hart_0

Young Guns 20 - Winner Profile


Eric Hart Jr.

Eric Hart Jr.

Photographer

Hometown: Macon, Georgia
Current City: Brooklyn, New York


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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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