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Appalachian Arts Center
Southwest Virginia
Community College
PO Box SVCC
Richlands, Virginia 24641
MISSION:
To educate and serve the
community through the promotion and preservation of traditional folkways,
contemporary craft and fine art. To support economic development by assisting
the area to grow through cultural tourism opportunities.
SEEING APPLACHIA
https://seeingappalachia.org/home
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared unconditional war on poverty in the United States, and nowhere was this war more photographed than Appalachia. A quick Google image search of “war on poverty” will yield several photographs of President Johnson on the porch of the Fletcher family home in Inez, Kentucky.
Many of the War on Poverty photographs, whether intentional or not, became a visual definition of Appalachia. These images have often been drawn from the poorest areas and people to gain support for the intended cause, but have unjustly came to represent the entirety of the region while simultaneously perpetuating stereotypes.
In an attempt to explore the diversity of Appalachia and establish a visual counter point, this project looks at Appalachia fifty years after the declaration of the War on Poverty. Drawing from a diverse population of photographers within the region, this new crowdsourced image archive will serve as a reference that is defined by its people as opposed to political legislation.
