Color Photography is an ironically named class. Traditionally, the semester revolves around the creation of a publication that tells the stories of Moton students’ struggles with civil rights and education during the 1950’s and “60s. Although all of the shooting and critiques are done in color, the final magazine that we create is – you guessed it – black and white. Unfortunately, publication of the magazine had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and risks related to working with the now-elderly Moton students. Fortunately, I was working in parallel on a similar photography project for the class enhancement during the first half of the semester – a project that I was able to finish before we were forced to leave campus for the second half of the semester.

The project, entitled “Fifty Years Later” shows the lasting effects of school segregation (and the resulting lack of education for blacks) from the “50s and “60s on the town’s infrastructure. The economical division that still remains between black and white communities is disturbingly clear once one really stops to examine it. These ten images – five from largely black communities and five from largely white – aim to mirror each other in a way that exemplifies this division.

A Google Photos album of the pictures:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XrAY2yDXXRPd8c5cA