Remembering Nona Faustine and how, just as her artworks teach us, even in death Black life leaves not just traces but immense presence. Nona Faustine was a photographer, but also a conjurer. A proud New Yorker, Faustine passionately researched Black history across her city and then marked significant sites with her body. Her photographs channel her conjurings to raise ignored histories of people of African descent and honor ancestors. Our Assistant Curator of Photography, Delphine Sims, reflects on Nona Faustine: “I was brought here to stay.” This was the title of a lecture Nona Faustine gave at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2019. It was the first time I met her. Invited by artist Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, the same year Hinkle was a SFMOMA SECA Awardee, I was in awe of Nona and my ongoing determination to support her and her necessary artwork became even more steadfast.  At dinner following her event, she posted on social media, as she often did in response ...