Stacy Kranitz: As It Was Give(n) To Me traveling across America and Europe

traveling across America and Europe

and all of them have been reworked with fidelity to the pictorial quality of the films of the era

These pictures marked the beginning of his photographic inquiry into the American psyche and landscape that has now lasted half a century

Rather than reinforcing conventional views of Appalachia as a poverty-ridden region

photographing on the streets of New York City with Tony Ray-Jones and Garry Winogrand

Stacy Kranitz: As It Was Give(n) To Me traveling across America and EuropeFor the past twelve years, Stacy Kranitz has been making photographs in the Appalachian region of the United States in order to explore how photography can solidify or demystify stereotypes, and interpret memory and history in a region where the medium has failed to provide an equitable depiction of its people. Rather than reinforcing conventional views of Appalachia as a poverty ridden region, or by selectively dwelling on positive aspects of the