Zora J Murff: True Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis)

True Colors (or, Affirmations in a Crisis) is a chronicle of survival by trailblazing artist Zora J Murff.

Photographs by Zora J Murff. Contributions by Tay Butler, Widline Cadet, Nick Drain, Bill Gaskins, Nick Norman, Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Legacy Russell, Jay Simple, Aaron Turner, Terence Washington, and Rana Young.

Zora J Murff (born in Des Moines, Iowa, 1987) is assistant professor of photography at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. In 2019, Murff was named an Aperture Portfolio Prize finalist, a PDN 30 honoree, and a Light Work Artist-in-Residence; he was one of eight artists chosen for the most recent iteration of the Museum of Modern Art’s New Photography series, Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020. Murff’s books include Corrections (2015); LOST, Omaha (2018); and At No Point In Between (2019). His work was presented at the 2021 Rencontres d’Arles, France, as part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award.