Photographer Julie Blackmon Takes Us Home to Missouri and Relives “Fever Dreams”
By Eliza Jordan
Today, almost 90 percent of the United States is under a government-enforced “stay at home” policy. Necessary businesses are the only ones open—like hospitals, grocery stories, and pharmacies. That unfortunately omits most art institutions, and they’ve since had to shutter their exhibitions early. One of these museums is the brand-new Fotografiska in New York, where there’s five exhibitions on view behind closed doors.
Whitewall got in touch with Fotografiska about one of those exhibitions—“Fever Dreams” by Julie Blackmon—to see it virtually. The Missouri-based artist spoke to us about her personal relationship with photography, and how it reflects the place—down to the very same Springfield neighborhood—she’s been living in all her life.
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