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Nita Mallory Renfrew | Don Snyder
Liberian-born artist Doughba Hamilton Caranda-Martin
III brings a unique vision to the subject of what it
means to be African in America. He studied at the
Konola Academy and the University of Liberia before
fleeing his country to escape the perils of a civil
war. After studying at the School of Visual Arts and
the International Center of Photography in New York,
he has used his cross-cultural vision to bring an
international perspective to the human condition.
Dealing with subjects as universal as death and as
controversial as race, Caranda-Martin challenges us to
examine our own feelings about these emotionally
charged issues. Through his training as a
photographer, painter, and poet this young artist has
reached deep into the collective soul of humankind to
reveal his deepest emotions. Caranda-Martin uses a
unique process to create his photographs. He employs
darkroom techniques the way a painter does pigments.
Among the devices he uses are chemical etching,
photograms of x-rays and film, etched glass, silk ink
transfer and liquid emulsions. He has been shown at
several galleries and public spaces in New York,
including The Schomberg Center for Research in Black
Culture, and has received diverse notices, including a
review in The New York Times.