SILVER HARVEST: A HISTORY OF NOW

Click! has received a generous grant from South Arts and the NEA to commission local artist Harlan Campbell to create a project using the legacy processes of Wet and Dry plate photography to create a “portrait of Durham.”

Throughout September and October 2022, Harlan Campbell (harlancampbell.com) will be creating a portrait of Durham, his hometown, through the lens of 19th century photographic processes. The project will include tintype portraits of Durham residents in our vibrant city center as well as archaeologically minded landscapes of peripheral and liminal spaces in Durham’s less-explored outskirts using the gelatin dry plate process. The dichotomous subject matter seeks to visually connect the dots between Durham’s past, present, and future, grounded by the present moment. The project will culminate in an exhibition opening at the DAC Semans Gallery on October 21, 2022 and a three-month long display in the Main Street windows of the 21c Museum Hotel Durham.