Title: The Us and The They: Prejudice and Empathy in America’s Smallest County
Photographer/s: Kay Chernush
Date of publication: 2010
Place of publication: USA
Dimensions: 6.75″ x 6.75″
Edition size: Print on demand
Type of binding: Soft cover; perfect binding
Number of pages: 46
Type of paper: Premium lustre
Number of pictures: 42
Type of printing: Digital
Printer: Blurb
Publisher: Self-published
Designer: Kay Chernush
Language: English
Category: Exhibition catalogue
Price: $20
Summary: Arlington, Virginia, is geographically the smallest county in the United States. But it has one of the most diverse populations in the country, making it a unique arena for exploring how we see ourselves, how we see others and how “They” see us. Because we all have biases and tend to identify with our particular “tribe,” or “tribes,” it is easy to forget that we are all a “They” to someone else.
As an artist interested in perception and transforming perceptions, I have created a series of images to hold a mirror up to prejudice and discrimination. Both the portraits and text panels are designed to encourage us to set aside our stereotypes and projections and to actively see ourselves in “the They” As Haitian-American poet so eloquently puts it, “…Because my people are your people in disguise.”
Date and place of birth of photographer/s: October 8, 1944, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Website: www.kaychernush.com
Book link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1432144
Donated by: Kay Chernush
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