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2021 Exhibition

In Our Image

25. In Our Image

Mask Required Within the Art Installation Zone (Regardless of Vaccination Status). Social Distancing Encouraged.

Image by Yvette Rock, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘Motherhood,’ which captures the joys, challenges, journey, and daily routines of five mothers.
Image by Yvette Rock, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘Motherhood,’ which captures the joys, challenges, journey, and daily routines of five mothers.

Image by Yvette Rock, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘Motherhood,’ which captures the joys, challenges, journey, and daily routines of five mothers. Though they are distinct in their personalities and life circumstances they all had one thing in common: an unyielding and unrelenting love for their children.
Image by Xavier Cuevas, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from his project ‘Naming Home,’
Image by Xavier Cuevas, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from his project ‘Naming Home,’

Image by Xavier Cuevas, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from his project ‘Naming Home,’ A portrait series that contrasts the limited and curated persona of local Detroit artists, with their larger connection to a changing city.
Image by Katie Raymond, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘I Belong Here.’
Image by Katie Raymond, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘I Belong Here.’

Image by Katie Raymond, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from her project ‘I Belong Here.’ The project follows Asia Johnson, a 33 years old, an activist, writer, and a hopeless romantic. Asia committed a crime in Detroit, the city where she was born and raised, when she was 23 years old. She is not defined by her biggest mistake.
Image by Damani Gatewood, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow,
Image by Damani Gatewood, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow,

Image by Damani Gatewood, 2019 Documenting Detroit Fellow, from his project ‘Beauty of Self.’ Exhibiting the physical qualities that most people take for granted, ‘Beauty of Self’ discusses how those physical attributes manifest and present our soul. Beauty is timeless, and we are beautiful inside and out.

Artist Information

Facing Change: Documenting America, in partnership with Rising Voices and WDET 101.9 FM, looks across the last two years, presenting pre-pandemic stories of individuals in our city, personal diaries of the early days of COVID-19, local and national news coverage, and personal and collaborative documentary projects. This collection of works by Detroit-area artists including Documenting Detroit Emerging Photography Fellows and Alumni reflects who we were before the world changed, and how we’ve grown as individuals and as a community.

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FEATURING WORKS BY:
Damon Adams
Ievgeniia Andrusiak
Quinn Banks
Xavier Cuevas
Kelly Anne Cummins
Mishira Davis
Cydni Elledge
Kelsey Clare Gaskell
Damani Gatewood
Nick Hagen
Erik Paul Howard
Jarod Lew
Angela Lugo-Thomas
Khary Uche Mason
Rebeca Maxon
RJ Page
Courtney Wise Randolph
Katie Raymond
Yvette Rock
Sal Rodriguez
Amy Sacka
Darryl DeAngelo Terrell
Rachel Thomas
Andria Watha
Valaurian Waller

CURATED BY:
Shiraz Ahmed
Alan Chin
Jasmine Rivera
Nina Robinson
Rashaun Rucker
Karah Shaffer
Rachel Thomas
Andrea Wise
Clayton Weis

SOUND MASTERING:
Huseyn Mehrpay

MULTIMEDIA EDITING:
Steve Koss

PARTNERS:
WDET 101.9FM
Rising Voices

SUPPORTED BY:
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
PhotoWings
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Detroit Free Press
Freep Film Festival
Inside Southwest Detroit
Fujifilm

Facing Change: Documenting America

Facing Change: Documenting America

Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Facing Change: Documenting America (FCDA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit created by photojournalists in 2009 to address our era of great challenges in the United States through photographs and narratives. Our mission is to empower communities and citizens to document and display their own stories accurately and ethically.

FCDA’s flagship program, Documenting Detroit, is our model for affecting this change. The program is a community photojournalism initiative creating a documentary record of Detroit by Detroit-area photographers, through education, discussion, and multimedia production, engaging local and global communities.

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