The exhibition “Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund”(opens in new tab) (open through January 8, 2023) highlights photographers who are diverse in gender, race, ethnicity and region. It features 125 photographs by 73 artists, but if you need help to go through the show and can’t make it to one of our tours, there’s also an audio guide highlighting perspectives from 25 of the photographers.
The audio guide provides insight into the stories behind their photos. It links historical moments with emotional levels and elements, allowing visitors to engage with the context and connect to the story of each artist. Visitors can follow how artists developed their messages or listen to them talk about their influences in their own voices.
The audio guide conveys how photography brings people together even while they have distinct styles and perceptions of reality. Rosie Brock, Mark Steinmetz and Baldwin Lee are three photographers who contributed their voices to the guide. Brock is a photographer and writer based in Athens, Georgia, and her lineage and ancestral stories primarily influence her work in the context of the American South. Steinmetz is also based in Athens, Georgia, and his work captures black-and-white images of the American South in urban, rural, and suburban landscapes. Baldwin Lee is a Chinese-American photographer and educator known for his photographs of African American communities in the American South. All three make very different work, but their stories of happening upon their subjects and seizing the moment also tie them together.
Visitors can listen to the audio tour here(opens in new tab) or in the exhibition at the museum, where they can scan a QR code to access it. Numbered stops are labeled throughout the galleries. The audio will play from your phone’s loudspeaker, so please use headphones if possible out of consideration to other visitors. A transcript of each recording is provided within the web app, which does not require you to download anything to experience the tour.
By Elizabeth Benavides
