Southern Horror #22 (Virginia 22 of 32) by Kris Graves
Stonewall Middle School and Stonewall Jackson High School of Prince William County, Virginia were originally opened in 1972 and named after Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. In June 2020 the schools were renamed to Unity Braxton Middle School and Unity Reed High School. Celestine Braxton was a Prince William County educator for 33 years and her husband, Carrol Braxton, served in WWII and the Korean War. Arthur Reed was a beloved long-time security assistant at the high school now named after him.
While this was going on, I was commissioned by National Geographic to photograph memorials, monuments, and sites of the antebellum South. My friend Marshall Scheuttle and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed, most remain in place.
A Southern Horror - 175 artworks by Kris Graves
In Summer 2020 a collective uprising rooted in local civic engagements, ricocheted around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. It relied on one of the central pillars of Democracy—peaceful protest. Although grounded in the particular, the embodied actions of the multitudes illuminated larger universal questions of basic human rights and dignity in the 21st century. The echo of empathy, anger and pain born from the eight minutes and 46 seconds of viral video that captured Floyd’s passing, resonated not only in the United States, but in ongoing struggles across the globe.
While this was going on, I photographed memorials, monuments, and sites of the antebellum South and the Confederacy. My friend Marshall (@fu64) and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed, most remain in place.
Southern Horror #22
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Southern Horror #22 (Virginia 22 of 32) by Kris Graves
Stonewall Middle School and Stonewall Jackson High School of Prince William County, Virginia were originally opened in 1972 and named after Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. In June 2020 the schools were renamed to Unity Braxton Middle School and Unity Reed High School. Celestine Braxton was a Prince William County educator for 33 years and her husband, Carrol Braxton, served in WWII and the Korean War. Arthur Reed was a beloved long-time security assistant at the high school now named after him.
While this was going on, I was commissioned by National Geographic to photograph memorials, monuments, and sites of the antebellum South. My friend Marshall Scheuttle and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed, most remain in place.
A Southern Horror - 175 artworks by Kris Graves
In Summer 2020 a collective uprising rooted in local civic engagements, ricocheted around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. It relied on one of the central pillars of Democracy—peaceful protest. Although grounded in the particular, the embodied actions of the multitudes illuminated larger universal questions of basic human rights and dignity in the 21st century. The echo of empathy, anger and pain born from the eight minutes and 46 seconds of viral video that captured Floyd’s passing, resonated not only in the United States, but in ongoing struggles across the globe.
While this was going on, I photographed memorials, monuments, and sites of the antebellum South and the Confederacy. My friend Marshall (@fu64) and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed, most remain in place.