Ken Light "Valley of Shadows and Dreams"

Umbrage Gallery

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Umbrage Gallery have an exhibition, Valley of Shadows and Dreams, Photographs by Ken Light.

Ken Light has embarked on a photographic exploration of a region known for its agricultural plenty—and the marginalization of its people. In Valley of Shadows and Dreams he digs deep into the harsh truths of farm workers’ daily experience in California’s Central Valley, revealing a deep sense of anger and betrayal toward the destructive legacies of politics, bureaucracy, and control.

Light shows us once-viable farmland transformed into neighborhoods full of empty tract homes that no workers can afford. We are confronted head-on with the devastating results of foreclosure. We stand in the Community Center food line in Mendota, we slip magically onto a midnight dance floor with migrant workers in Tulare, and we sail out across the San Joaquin River on a rope swing. These photos capture scenes of hardworking people fighting to preserve their livelihoods and traditions.

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from March 01, 2012 to May 11, 2012

Opening Reception on 2012-04-05 from 18:00

Artist(s)

Ken Light

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