A Long Arc: Photography and the American South

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Since 1845

By Gregory J. Harris and Sarah Kennel

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A Long Arc: Photography and the American South presents over 175 years of the South’s visual history through more than 250 photographs spanning from 1845 to the present day. This collection explores the region's unique identity, grappling with themes like racism, poverty, slavery’s legacy, environmental issues, and cultural change. Featuring works by over one hundred photographers, including acclaimed figures such as Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, and Sally Mann, this book offers a profound lens on American history and identity through Southern photography.
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This title is ideal for readers interested in photography, American history, and cultural studies, especially those seeking a deeper understanding of the Southern United States through visual art.

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Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present.

The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most depicted. Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, photographers have articulated the distinct and evolving character of the South's people, landscape, and culture and reckoned with its fraught history. Indeed, many of the urgent questions we face today about what defines the American experience— from racism, poverty, and the legacy of slavery to environmental disaster, immigration, and the changes wrought by a modern, global economy—appear as key themes in the photography of the South. The visual history of the South is inextricably intertwined with the history of photography and also the history of America, and is therefore an apt lens through which to examine American identity.

A Long Arc: Photography and the American South accompanies a major exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, with more than one hundred photographers represented, including Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Gordon Parks, William Eggleston, Sally Mann, Carrie Mae Weems, Dawoud Bey, Alec Soth, and An-My Le. Insightful texts by Imani Perry, Sarah Kennel, Makeda Best, and Rahim Fortune, among others, illuminate this broad survey of photographs of the Southern United States as an essential American story.

Co-published by Aperture and High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597115513

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: 275 duotone and four-color images

Contributors:

Text by Imani Perry
Text by Sarah Kennel
Text by Makeda Best
Text by Rahim Fortune
Text by LeRonn P. Brooks
Text by Grace Elizabeth Hale
Text by Scott L. Matthews
Text by Maria L. Kelly

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 243.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1927g

Pages: 304

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Arts & Culture Gregory J. Harris Non-Fiction Sarah Kennel

About the Author

Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate with the programs in law and public affairs, gender and sexuality studies, and jazz studies. Sarah Kennel is the Aaron Siskind Curator of Photography and Director of the Raysor Center for Works on Paper at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Gregory J. Harris is the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art. Makeda Best is the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums. LeRonn P. Brooks is associate curator for modern and contemporary collections at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Rahim Fortune is a photographer living and working between Austin and Brooklyn. Grace Elizabeth Hale is commonwealth professor of American studies and history at the University of Virginia. Maria L. Kelly is assistant curator of photography at the High Museum of Art. Scott L. Matthews is assistant professor of history at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Brian Piper is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art.