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“Every Word of It” 2020
The text is Nina Simone’s introduction to her live performance of “Mississippi Goddam” at Carnegie Hall, 1964.
All photographs by the artist, including locations in the Mississippi Delta; the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama; and the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.
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Archival inkjet print. 4¼” x 6”, framed to 14” x 18”
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…..Charles Ingham’s photo-narratives explore invented spaces, alternative histories, and visual fictions, sometimes incorporating altered, appropriated images. In some pieces, images alone form a narrative; a horizontal row of five to seven photographs creates a “cinematic” form. In others, words and images create a dynamic interplay, and in the fotonovela series, the photographs move closer to a traditional illustrative function for the text. None of these interchanges between image and text are straightforward, however. Placing verbal and visual elements together immediately creates a tension for the viewer that they want to find/interpret in order to “explain” the narrative of the piece; thus, the artist expects viewers to find a unique narrative of their own in the work.
A sampling of Ingham’s photo-narratives…click on the link to view the art on a larger scale
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“Thinking About Robert Johnson”
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“Thinking About Charlie Parker”
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“Thinking About the Truesdells”
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“Me, Thinking About Rev. L.O. Taylor”
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“Me, Thinking About Booker T. Washington”
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“Me, Thinking About Nona Faustine”
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“Thinking About Charlie Parker” is one of several photo-narratives in Charles Ingham’s series devoted to his love of jazz music, “Charles Ingham’s Jazz Narratives”. The 27 image exhibit can be accessed by clicking here.
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photo by Jacqueline Ramirez
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Born and educated in England, Charles Ingham moved to California in 1982. He has always been interested in hybrid forms and the intersection of literature and the visual arts, his photography often seeking to transgress the traditional boundaries separating the verbal and the visual.
Ingham lives in San Diego and shows his work at Distinction Gallery in Escondido. His work may also be found at his website: charlesingham.com
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