When Tatyana Fazlalizadeh first saw the photo, something about it pulled her in.
The Brooklyn-based artist was doing research on the Oklahoma Historical Society’s website for a solo exhibition in Oklahoma City. That’s when she came across the 1968 image of three Black women standing and staring straight ahead, a serious look on their faces.
“There’s no real context about where they are or what’s happening around them,” Fazlalizadeh told The Eagle. “I think what strikes me particularly about it is their facial expressions, the emotion that’s coming from them. I think seeing their faces sort of elicits something from you.”…