Middle Distance

Middle Distance examines how the pervasive influence of U.S. culture shapes individuals in a post-war Vietnam, a society that has historically resisted such forces. It reflects on the the broader generational disconnect from a complex past and examines how echoes of history and unresolved tensions manifest in the present. The project pulls inspiration from Joanne Kyger’s “I Am Afraid”:

I am afraid

of the time past….it is gone

and I

am searching in this present

to get full….of its reverberations

Give me a little humble pride to tell

the story

I think I may have to do this forever

just forever & ever

A maquette of Middle Distance was made. It includes 47 photographs and Joanne Kyger’s poem “I’m Afraid”.

A run of 50 self published artist editions were printed and are now sold out.

Photographs from Middle Distance have been shared in various shows, books, and online outlets

Print
2023 Pictures and Songs Black and White Photo Book - Booooooom
2022 Hamburger Eyes No. 53 - Hamburger Eyes

Group Show
2023 Denver Month of Photography - Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver, Colorado
2022 Smith Tower - Seattle, Washington
2022 Black Box Gallery - Portand, Oregon

Online
2022 Photo Book Reviewer - Alex Prior