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Look closely and you might see similarities between the angle of the fence posts and the upraised arms. Fortune describes these photographs as a “love letter” to his home and heritage, using a documentary approach as a tool of remembrance and respect. In doing so, he depicts his subjects not as anthropological specimens but tenderly, as living, breathing people. By approaching his artistic practice through the lens of love and adoration, his photographs become ways to witness community and collective healing.
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Praise Dancers, Edna TX
Rahim Fortune (American, born in 1994)
2020
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Framed: 45.7 × 55.6 × 3.8 cm (18 × 21 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession Number2023.305
ClassificationsPhotographs
Look closely and you might see similarities between the angle of the fence posts and the upraised arms. Fortune describes these photographs as a “love letter” to his home and heritage, using a documentary approach as a tool of remembrance and respect. In doing so, he depicts his subjects not as anthropological specimens but tenderly, as living, breathing people. By approaching his artistic practice through the lens of love and adoration, his photographs become ways to witness community and collective healing.
Provenance2023, sold by Pace Gallery, New York to the MFA. (Accession date: April 12, 2023)