Oceans Apart  1989 - selected images

The Atlantic Ocean as physical and psyche space forms the basis of this work. During the last 600 years, the coastal area’s stretching from the eastern shores of the Caribbean to the Atlantic coast of America's seem to have been connected to the western shores and England and Europe. These have been sites of important arrivals and departures. Using the juxtapositions of various voices this work examines how the legacy of black families in the Caribbean connects with the stories of European maritime 'heroes', such as Frances Drake, Christopher Columbus, Walter Raleigh and James Cook. Images of state sanctioned and educational authorities are placed alongside those preserved in family albums and the throwaway colloquialisms of letters, the intimate voices that are often overlooked in the official narrative of the Atlantic Ocean.

Hand tinted silver prints and Xeroxes, & text. 11 - 24x20inch. 

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