{"id":7703,"date":"2017-03-17T13:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2018-05-09T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:50:28","slug":"milk-magazine-myles-loftin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/milk-magazine-myles-loftin\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Loftin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7704\" src=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myles Loftin started developing his photography skills and career five years ago. It was the summer before he started high school. Cut to the Fall of 2016: he\u2019s an in-demand photographer working in New York City. He\u2019s also a Parsons First Year student in Gigi Polo\u2019s Time course. The final assignment inspires him to pull from ideas noted in his journal. He creates a \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multimedia project that humanizes and decriminalizes the societal image of black boys and black men dressed in hoodies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7705\" src=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut to the following semester: In March, 2017, Milk Magazine, BET and VICE Creators publish\u00a0feature articles on Myles and his illuminating project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"HOODED: a film by Myles Loftin\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/196251735?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7706\" src=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"651\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked how he\u00a0and other artists encourage one another to use their craft to make statements and tackle the issues, Myles says, &#8220;O<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ne of the best ways to tackle it is to just put yourself out there, putting out the positive side. The side that the media doesn\u2019t really show accurately. Me being a successful black photographer is one way of rebellion against the media, which is trying to portray a different image of what black boys are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7707\" src=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cut to Parsons Art &amp; Design History &amp; Theory announcing on our online magazine how proud we are of Myles and his reflections of the times: extraordinary pride!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7708\" src=\"http:\/\/adht.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Myles-Loftin-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"551\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/milk.xyz\/articles\/myles-loftin-talks-hooded-and-politically-charged-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Milk Magazine article<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet.com\/lifestyle\/2017\/03\/14\/hooded-myles-loftin-photography.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BET article<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/creators.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/myles-loftin-joyful-photos-confront-media-bias-against-black-male-teens?utm_source=tcptwitterus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VICE Creators piece<\/a> on Myles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Check out Myles Loftin\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylesloftinphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goldenpolaroid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Myles was one of two students selected to represent Parsons School of Design at the NYCxDesign Student Showcase Night in May 2017, hosted by SVA&#8217;s\u00a0MFA in Products of Design department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Myles Loftin started developing his photography skills and career five years ago. 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