"The Department of Photography & Imaging presents Record of Cherry Road, an exhibition of photographs by alum Elizabeth Moran, recipient of the Department's 2013 Tierney Fellowship. Moran writes, "Record of Cherry Road
investigates the myths that surround my family's home, the farmhouse of
an old plantation in Memphis, Tennessee. Storied to be haunted, the
house contains a multitude of histories that are ever-present yet
hidden. With the help of my aunt and uncle, both paranormal
investigators, the project seeks a presence that exists within familial
lore... Documentation of paranormal activity from my mother's childhood,
like a map of footsteps or a flash in a window, further conflate myth
and history. Referencing spirit photography from the nineteenth century,
when ectoplasm was made of cotton, and contemporary images of the
paranormal, where chromatic aberrations are not just an artifact of a
digital sensor, the project questions our continued reliance on
photography to prove a belief." Photographs from Record of Cherry Road has been featured in the New York Times Lens Blog, BBC World News, Wired, Lenscratch, and Don/Dean."
Event Dates:
Now – January 17, 2015
Open
from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Location:
Gulf + Western Gallery
721 Broadway, 1st Floor (rear of lobby)
New York, NY 10003
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