a collection of work by third-year photo students at Georgia State University
STUDENTS
De'De' Ajavon
De’De’ Ajavon (b. 1997) is an interdisciplinary artist pursuing a BFA in photography at Georgia State University. She concerns herself primarily with the nebulous concepts of energy and time--the intangible. Her work draws parallels between the paradoxically enduring and ephemeral nature of time, memory, perception, and the phenomenon of photography itself.
George King
George King was born and raised in the U.K., relocating to the U.S.A. in 1979. His photography work began as an extension of his documentary film practice, influenced by the classic American documentary canon from Lewis Hine, the FSA photographers, Adams, Weston and others, and by painting. King is currently revisiting the aesthetics and strategies available to journey beyond this earlier work and explore new possibilities that align with his political and cultural interests, particularly to re-visit landscape photography that acknowledges the impact of the Anthropocene on the planet. As a documentary filmmaker, he has worked with time as a dynamic element for 40 years. His photography practice is now concerned with the exploration of how to incorporate time as an element within what we in the motion media business denote as still photography. King’s work addresses diverse progressive subjects such as race, civil rights, art & culture, the environment, labor, education, poverty, housing, and community development. He has always involved broad community participation to ensure the work accurately reflects historical and cultural truths. This Spring he will be premiering his new feature documentary on visual artist and musician Lonnie Holley, “Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley.”
