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Kris Graves

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This was very exciting to meet the artist, to have him present. First I would light to shed light on how simple his work is, through his photography he is able to work as a counter-narrative to how black bodies are represented. It was also amazing to see it all come together, the colors that people used, it was all just wanderful. It was evern better to see these black faces, surrounding a space that historcially the werent allowed to be in... plastered in this spaces to take up the right kind of space. I also really liked the video, it was edited in a way so that the people speaking, seemed to finish each other sentences... that evoked sadness from me. 

 

I really truly enjoyed his talk as well, he was very expressive and I enjoyed watching his photography develop. He was honest and it was spectatcular.