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 […]
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I’m sure for many Lenscratch readers, the work of Mark Ruwedel will need no introduction. It is a privilege to be able to include his project, Westward, Course of Empire, in this week’s series of posts dedicated to artists investigating history in the landscape. One thing all of the artists I am going to highlight […]
David Pace: Hawkeye
It was wonderful to see David Pace and the new work he brought to the FotoFest Reviews in Houston. To my great surprise and delight he brought a project from way back in his past, Hawkeye, that reveals the beginnings of his photo career, created as 8-year-old. There is a glorious authenticity to the photographs, moments that […]
Matt Kapp: A Century Downtown: A Visual History of Lower Manhattan
Sometimes the research for one project inspires new ideas of disseminating the same information on other platforms. Film producer Matt Kapp, in his research for his documentary film, 16 Acres, about the rebuilding the World Trade Center, collected a significant amount of archival materials. His appreciation for New York history spurred him to then create […]
Kathleen Y. Clark: The White House China
The Penn Museum in Philadelphia has a current exhibition, Memory Keepers: Why Objects Matter, about a subject that I have considered over the years while disposing of several households worth of possessions. What gets passed on to future generations and what gets discarded? We keep objects that hold history, memory and more importantly, hold a […]
On Collaboration: On Belonging by Nirmal Raja and Lois Bielefeld
Responding to increasing racial polarity in the United States, interdisciplinary artist Nirmal Raja and photographer Lois Bielefeld have launched two collaborative projects, reaching across race lines to explore identity, place, and belonging. Their initial project, Reaching Through 5 ½ yards, 8497 Miles, examines the role of cultural markers and our visual understanding of race. Raja […]