Delta Creation Theory #5 - Limited Edition of 5 Photograph

Delta Creation Theories/Delta Devolution Theories Most regions have either embraced or been assigned their own distinct mythologies. Comprised of historical fact, folklore, and assumptions that are frequently romanticized, these elements combine to shape and color our perceptions of a particular area. The South bares its contradictions perhaps better than most regions. For many years, I have been drawn to investigate and pursue with curiosity the social landscape of the southern states with an emphasis on photographing the signs and symbols of ethnocentricity as manifested in white supremacist ideology. While many of these pictures were solidly situated within the documentary tradition, my greater interest lay in revealing the fragile, often invisible, thread of humanity that connects us all, despite the fear of difference. In early 2010, I began to assemble triptychs from photographs made in the Mississippi Delta during 2007 – 2009. With a genesis born from various writing projects, I have been drawn to make narrative sequences that embrace my interests in the dualities of life and death, desire and constraint, and the secular and the sacred. I include the look of place, the color of skin and the nagging issues of cultural separation that sometimes scream and sometimes relax and dissolve. The pictures were always made as singular images; my decision to combine some into triptychs occurred later, back at home where I would work to visually recreate a particular memory of my experience. Some of the groupings, especially those comprised of three horizontals, remind me of the vast flatness of the Delta that one see through the windshield of one’s car while driving – less like panoramas (although they are long) – but more so a combination of things seen and contemplated, the droning sound of the inescapable heat and the fears and delights that can be encountered on lonely country roads. An archival pigment print mounted on gator board or archival foam core and floated in shadow box frame with plexiglass. Image size: 16 x 32; framed size: 21 x 37. Also available unframed.

Photography:Digital on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:37 W x 21 H x 1.8 D in

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