Tag: Mississippi

An-My Lê’s war and peace

Heavily influenced by the Vietnam War, An-My Lê probes the fears and fictions behind our militarised era. This major solo show sees her loop history into new cycles, finds Ravi Ghosh

3 January 2024

Desire in the American South in Gravity is Stronger Here

“Most people I meet are not satiated or fulfilled and desire more. Desire to be heard. Desire to be seen. Desire to connect and matter,” says Phyllis B. Dooney, the American photographer behind the photoseries Gravity is Stronger Here. The project, which started as an exploration of the American South, centres on a Greenville family trying to negotiate life in middle America. Their needs and wants are the same as those across the country: to be heard, to be seen, to be accepted.

2 August 2017