Spirits of nature exist in nearly every religious and cultural lore we know – traversing the terrain, there to remind us of the regenerative and also destructive power the land holds. The landscape is a portal through which we can access our histories, our collective joy and also our pain. As we continue to reevaluate and in some cases unlearn the stories […]
History Based Landscapes
Wendel A. White: History Based Landscapes
We first featured Wendel A. White’s project, Schools for the Colored, in 2018 as part of a two-person exhibition, Segregated Influences, at the Colorado Photograpic Arts Center. I wanted to share the complete project as we continue to look at history-based landscapes. This meaningful effort features the architectural remains of structures once used as segregated […]
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin: History Based Landscapes
A couple of years ago, I heard Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin speak at PhotoLA. I was drawn to his way of seeing and his perspective on Los Angeles. Our lives paralleled similar terrains of the city and I recognized my growing up in his work. I started following him on Twitter and appreciated his talent for detail […]
Nate Larson: History Based Landscapes
It is with great pleasure that I conclude this week of posts with the work of my good friend, Nate Larson. I first saw this project, titled Escape Routes, in 2014 when the two of us had a show at the Arlington Art Center, just outside of Washington DC. I was fascinated to learn that […]
Henning Rogge: History Based Landscapes
I must admit, I do not know a lot about Henning Rogge, nor do I know much about his work beyond what I can see in the images. But what I see I absolutely love, and so, I reached out to Henning, who is based in Hamburg and asked if I could include his work […]
Grey mountain
Searching for California’s Hang Trees, grew out of the research artist Ken Gonzales-Day was doing for his book Lynching in the West: 1850-1935, published by Duke University Press in 2006. In it, Gonzales-Day sets out to assemble the most complete record of lynching in California that had yet been published. What his research uncovered, was […]