Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund

color photograph of a white woman and black man shot from above their heads. Each figure is looking up at the camera. color photograph of a white woman and black man shot from above their heads. Each figure is looking up at the camera.
Color photograph of a table with a partial arm and hand leaning on the table with fruit scattered around and some type of organic plant food that is red sitting in a white tray. Color photograph of a table with a partial arm and hand leaning on the table with fruit scattered around and some type of organic plant food that is red sitting in a white tray.
Photograph of a room in a building with white walls and what appear to be elk horns mounted on a wall above a central doorway. There is a black woman seated on a bench leanining on a long rod that looks to be part of some tool. Photograph of a room in a building with white walls and what appear to be elk horns mounted on a wall above a central doorway. There is a black woman seated on a bench leanining on a long rod that looks to be part of some tool.
black and white photograph of a woman seen from the back walking into a doorway. There is a chair to the right black and white photograph of a woman seen from the back walking into a doorway. There is a chair to the right
February 16, 2024 – May 18, 2024

This large-scale survey of the Do Good’s remarkable collection of photography charts a visual narrative of the ever-changing American South. Featuring works by Guggenheim Fellows, five Magnum photographers, and two Henri Cartier-Bresson Award winners, this show also includes images by lesser-known or emerging photographers from the region.

Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.

Sponsor

Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund was organized by the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. This program is supported in part by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art; the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation; and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. Additional funding was provided by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; the City of Coral Gables; Beaux Arts Miami; Lowe members; and the Cowles Charitable Trust. 

Images

Peyton Fulford (b. 1994), Becoming One (Annie and Trevor), 2016. Archival pigment print, 19 × 23 1/4 inches. The Do Good Fund, Inc., 2017–138. © Peyton Fulford.

Susan Worsham (b. 1969), Margaret’s Rhubarb, 2010. Archival pigment print, 20 × 25 inches. The Do Good Fund, Inc., 2014–9. © Susan Worsham.

Rachel Boillot (b. 1987), Postmistress Ida, Sherard, MS, 2013. Chromogenic print, 19 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches. The Do Good Fund, Inc., 2015–42. © Rachel Boillot.

Alex Harris (b. 1949), Transylvania County, North Carolina, 1972. Archival pigment print, 16 1/2 × 24 inches. The Do Good Fund, Inc., 2017–23. © Alex Harris.