Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Lee, Baldwin |
Title |
Monroe, Louisiana |
Medium |
archival inkjet print |
Date |
1985 |
Description |
Baldwin Lee (Brooklyn 1951; lives and works in Knoxville) Monroe, Louisiana, 1985 Archival inkjet print 34 1/8 x 43 1/4 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2011 gift of the artist Baldwin Lee is a Knoxville-based artist and educator who during much of the 1980s and 1990s captured images of daily life in rural African-American communities across the South. As an Asian-American from the North, the artist had to overcome multiple cultural barriers and his own apprehension to gain the trust of his sitters. He entered their homes and their lives, sometimes by invitation and sometimes by persuasion. In order to capture each "decisive moment" with his large 4 x 5 view camera and tripod, he first had to observe it and then reconstruct it before taking a photograph. Lee's images serve as compelling documents of individual perseverance and collective resilience within rural southern communities whose daily struggle for survival remains largely unchanged. |
Catalog Number |
2011.10.01 |
Search Terms |
Black & white photographs Photographs Prints |
Credit line |
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