The Modern Spirits of Ebony and Jet – The New York Times

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The Modern Spirits of Ebony and Jet

Images of the empty interiors at the modernist headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company uncannily embody the spirit of the groundbreaking African-American company that occupied the building for 40 years.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/the-modern-spirits-of-ebony-and-jet/

Since February 2013, Barbara Karant has holed up for six hours at a time inside the former Chicago headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company. Armed with lunch, lights, a tripod and her camera, she was there to photograph the building’s abandoned interiors.