Photography is another kind of medium in the art world. One way it is used, is to illustrate our world as it is and to document history. One example of this is the book and exhibition “Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember: Photographs by Melody Golding.” Melody Golding’s book/exhibition depicts the vast amount of devastation created by hurricane Katrina. Along with photographs of participants, Golding also includes stories from the victims, some of who just happen to be artists themselves. The book includes 68 photographs along with 50 accounts from Mississippi women. The book and exhibit give a real sense to the destruction and the experiences of a diverse group of women. This is a way of preserving the history of the hurricane as well as that of women’s voices. The exhibition will continue to move throughout Mississippi and Louisiana on through 2009.
Click here to view the article. The website includes a slide show of her work as well as some background music, the song “Song for Katrina” by Lucia Lynn. To see more of her slideshows click here. Enjoy!
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3 comments:
Wow, these photographs are fantastic. I'm wondering, though, about the title, "Women Remembering." Are these only Golding's photos or are they a collection of photographs from Mississippi women?
How do we see the memories of women being depicted in these photographs? For instance, many of the images are of boats. The fishing industry in the delta is not likely to be a women-dominated industry...this is interesting, then. There are no photos of the inside of the homes, no photos of families. There are more photos of men than of women, too. What does this imply about women, what we remember?
The pictures are amazing! I've never been to New Orleans, and don't know much about the area, but Nik makes a good point. What do these photos tell us about Melody Golding's point of view? And can her perspective speak for all women of the area?
This is really cool though.
Lindsey, I look forward to your posts every week :)
(I removed a post because I wanted to add more and didn't know how to edit it, so yeah)
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