'Regarding Paul R. Williams' Honors Legacy Of LA's Barrier-Breaking Black Architect
Janna Ireland's photography has focused on Black life in America. Now, she turns her lens to Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect in the American West. He put good design within reach of all.
Photographer Janna Ireland aims to capture intimacy and relationships in her work, which she says focuses primarily on Black life in America.
For the Los Angeles-based photographer, that has included photographing staged scenes as well as self-portraits and portraits of her family — including, most recently, of her two sons during the pandemic.
"In my work, I'm happy when all different kinds of people appreciate it, but I feel as though I'm making it for Black people," she says.
In a new book, Ireland turns her lens outward, to showcase the legacy of barrier-breaking architect Paul R. Williams, and introduce his work to
