Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier Awarded $625,000 MacArthur Genius Grant

This past week, 33-year-old Pittsburgh-based photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier was announced as one of 24 recipients of this year’s MacArthur “Genius” Grant, a $625,000 no-strings-attached prize. Frazier has spent the past 12 years documenting her small hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania, a community built on steel that’s now struggling to get by. The 3-minute video above […]