Projects: Ming Smith

‘You have to catch a moment that would never ever return again, and do it justice.’ This principle has guided Ming Smith's work since she started photographing New York and its people in the 1970s. Her black-and-white street photography encompasses political struggles, everyday minutiae and everything in between as it plays out on the streets of the city. To coincide with Projects: Ming Smith, an exhibition that dives into the artist's archive at New York's MoMa, running from 4 February to 29 May 2023, we have curated a selection of artworks that, in this context, fit with the spirit of her practice.