Donavon Smallwood is an American photographer.
In 2021, he is awarded the Aperture Portfolio Prize, for a series of portraits and landscapes made in Central Park, New York, later that year published by Trespasser Books as "Languor".
© Portrait taken from the artist's website
Presentation by Trespasser: " Languor is an ode to New York City's Central Park. With the pandemic at hand and the history of Seneca Village in mind [Note: Central Park was created on land known as Seneca Village, on the outskirts of the city as it was then, where a predominantly African-American community was thriving and owned property], Smallwood...