ABOUT THIS EPISODE
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In episode 021 of Exposures, photographer and publisher Kris Graves discusses Long Sun Down as well as his daily practice across photography, publishing, bookmaking, and art documentation. He also explores the long-term concerns that shape his work: the American landscape, structural discrimination, and the visible and less visible systems that organize land, power, and exclusion. Graves describes his background as a New Yorker with family roots in Montgomery, Alabama, and how repeated childhood trips to the South helped form an early awareness of the differences between regions, histories, and lived environments.
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Kris Graves
Kris Graves is an artist and publisher based in New York and California. Graves creates artwork that deals with societal problems and aims to use art as a means to inform people about cultural issues. Using a mix of conceptual and documentary practices, Graves photographs the subtleties of societal power and its impact on the built environment. He explores how capitalism and power have shaped countries -- and how that can be seen and experienced in everyday life. Graves also works to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon; and to create opportunities for conversation about race, representation, and urban life. He photographs to preserve memory.
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