“Dawn and doom was in the branches.” - Zora Neale Hurston
Above the Fruited Plain, investigates the relationship and historical significance between blackness and the environment. Through the exploration of major cash crops: sugar cane, cotton, and wood, this project use imagery to map the evolution of this relationship from antebellum into the current day.
Above the Fruited Plain, investigates the relationship and historical significance between blackness and the environment. Through the exploration of major cash crops: sugar cane, cotton, and wood, this project use imagery to map the evolution of this relationship from antebellum into the current day.