Join us for an exciting event featuring visiting artist Rahim Fortune, who will be sharing his insights on “Storytelling & Visual Art: On Collaborative Documentary.”

Organized by the Lamar Dodd School of Art, Institute for African American Studies, and the Institute for Native American Studies, Fortune's lecture will take place on October 18th at 4:30 pm. Rahim Fortune's visit to the Lamar Dodd School of Art coincides with his inclusion in a major exhibition of Southern photography at the High Museum in Atlanta this fall titled A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 (Sept. 15, 2023 - Jan. 14, 2024).

Registration is limited, sign up by emailing Professor Marni Shindelman at marni@uga.edu. 

Fortune will also deliver a public lecture as part of the Lamar Dodd School of Art's Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series titled “Complex Interiority: New Visions of the South” on October 17 at 5 pm in room S151. Information for this event can be found here.

Artist bio

Rahim Fortune (b.1994) uses photography to ask fundamental questions about American identity. Focusing on the narratives of individual families and communities, he explores shifting geographies of migration and resettlement, and the way that these histories are written on the landscapes of Texas and the American South.

Rahim has published two books of his photographs. His work has been featured in exhibitions worldwide and is included in many permanent collections, including those of the High Museum in Atlanta GA, The LUMA Arles, Nelson Atkins Museum and The Boston Museum of Fine Art.

“Fortune’s calm and striking photographs provide a compelling glimpse into the daily rhythms of the community, revealing its deep humanity and dignity, at a time when his own personal pain resonated with the experience of the nation. But his images also capture the pain, tensions and relentless everyday reality that have influenced the lives of these people. His portraits are so grippingly engaging because he finds the necessary balance between thoughtful compassion and hard truth.” - Collector Daily