Danielle Jackson is a critic, researcher, and arts administrator. As the co-founder and former co-director of the Bronx Documentary Center, a photography gallery and educational space, Danielle helped conceive, develop, and implement the organization’s mission and programs. Formerly, she ran the Cultural Department at Magnum Photos NY. She teaches courses in photography and visual culture at Stanford in New York and New York University. Her writing has appeared in various art publications.
Recent Writing
For New York Review of Architecture: Humble Abode
for Cultured: Scarification, Open Caskets, and Blood Stains: Arthur Jafa’s 52 Walker Show Tests the Limits of Social Propriety
for Artnet: The ‘Dissonant Chorus’ of the 2024 Biennial Lost Me
for Cultured: Can a Work of Art Shaped by Western Obsessions Ever Be Truly Decolonial? Zanele Muholi’s Oeuvre Is A Perfect Case Study
for artnet: Deana Lawson's Photos Are Stunningly Popular. They're Also Dangerously Misunderstood
for artnet: What the Whitney Biennial Tells Us About the Future of Photography—and the Artists Who Will Shape It
for Art.sy: Art Spaces Can Bridge Social Divides–But First You Need to Know Your Neighbors
for Re-Picture: The impact of photography amidst the extinction of the mass media
for artnet News: Behind the Frieze Art Fair’s Secret Plan to Create an Art Utopia in the Bronx
for 100 Hard Truths: Always Search for the Real Thing
for American Realness: Between Rage and Love
for Recess Projects: Get In Where You Can Fit In
for NEA: Can Photographers Restore Their Devastated Business?