Dunigan's Ossabaw Photography Selected for The Southern Landscape Exhibition, January 4 - February 28, 2020
From left to right: ‘How to Get to Heaven from Georgia’, ‘Ossabaw Tabby’
Two images of Ossabaw Island — How to Get to Heaven from Georgia and Ossabaw Tabby, have been selected as part of The Southern Landscape, a photographic exhibition hosted by the South x Southeast Photo Gallery located in Molena, GA. The reception for the exhibit happens Saturday, January 4 from 5-7 p.m. The complete show dates are January 4 through February 28, 2020.
South x Southeast is proud to start the coming new year with a celebration of the landscape of the American South, and equally proud to announce James Pearson, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography as the curator.
The Southern Landscape exhibition is about almost every form of geography imaginable. From the mountains of Appalachia to rolling hills of the Piedmont, the sandy beaches of the Florida Keys to the weathered islands of the outer banks, the plains of west Texas to the verdant Virginia countryside, there is beauty wherever you look.
The Southeast Museum of Photography (SMP) is a department of Daytona State College and can trace its roots back to 1979. It is one of sixteen collecting and exhibiting institutions in the United States dedicated to the medium of photography. SMP supports the photographic departments of Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida through a partnership known as the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies. Outside of exhibitions, the programs at SMP include films, workshops, lectures, and can support all aspects of academic research. Their current exhibition, This Is Climate Change, features the work of Benjamin Dimmitt (whose work has graced the pages of SxSE), along with Kirk Crippens and Sharon Harper.
As the director of the Southeast Museum of Photography at Daytona State College in Central Florida, James Pearson utilizes his extensive experience in the curation and coordination of art exhibitions to enhance educational and research engagements. Previously, as the curator of the Wright Museum of Art, Pearson emphasized a break from traditional modes of exhibition and the gallery model. His recent work includes retrospectives on international photographers such as Roger Ballen and Arno Minkkinen, exhibitions exploring the themes of climate change, portraiture, de-colonizing photography and photographic processes, and conceptual photography among others.
The Southern Landscape curated by James Pearson presents the work of London Amara, Susan May Tell, Peter Essick, Allison Jarek, Lynne Buchanan, Neal McEwen, Mark Maio, Richard Schramm, Houck Medfourd, McCullers & Montalvo, Donna Spencer, Carolyn Hollingsworth, Lucie Canfield, Les Schmidt, Jill Moore, Terry Barczak, Susan Bryan, Ann Madden, Joy Dunigan, Daniel Kariko, Eric Tomberlin, Parker Reinecker, Mark Indig, Alexander Diaz, Adam Hipps, Marvin Greenbaum, Casey Fox
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ABOUT JOY DUNIGAN
Deeply connected to her Southern roots, Joy’s images reveal her endless intrigue with Georgia heritage and culture, mainly its sea islands and their dynamically stable surroundings. It serves as an ongoing inspiration for creating photographs that capture and reemphasize the importance of history and preservation of volatile places. Driven by an inherent love and beauty of her birthright, her images convey the natural through technology and back again with traditional mediums, principles and processes. Always exploring. Always experimenting. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, she has participated in several group exhibitions mainly at the Photopoint Gallery (Richmond Hill, GA), Location Gallery and the Telfair for the Arts (Savannah, GA). She is also Design Director at JOY Marketing.
