African and African Diaspora Studies
Noelle Theard
Noelle Theard is a Miami-based freelance photographer,
educator, and AADS graduate student. Her master's thesis, titled
"Photography and the Framing of Hip-Hop Culture," analyzes
representations of hip-hop in 1980s New York City. Her own work on hip-hop culture has
taken her to South America, South Africa, and Europe, and her images
of LatinAmerican hip-hop were featured in the Miami Herald's award
winning series called "A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin
Americans." In addition, she is the photography discipline coordinator for the
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, which identifies
young artists and assists them at critical junctures in their educational
and professional development. Noelle has a B.A. in Journalism
from the University of Texas at Austin and a certificate in advanced photographic studies from the Spéos Photography Institute in
Paris,France. She was born to a Haitian dad and French mom in the
border town of El Paso, Texas in 1979. Her work can be viewed on
her website: www.noelletheard.com.