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Deana Lawson — Between Montgomery and Pratville
Deana Lawson — Between Montgomery and Pratville
Deana Lawson — Between Montgomery and Pratville
Deana Lawson

Between Montgomery and Pratville

2022

Between Montgomery and Prattville (2022) places two figures within a landscape that feels simultaneously intimate and mythic, Lawson's camera rendering the scene with a stillness that transforms an ordinary stretch of Alabama terrain into charged, devotional ground. The pigment print, measuring 101.6 by 145.1 centimeters, rewards close attention: the palette is rich and precise, every tonal relationship resolved with the kind of deliberateness that situates Lawson among the most technically rigorous photographers working today. The framed work arrives as a complete object, the presentation reinforcing the sense that each element of the image, including its physical housing, has been considered as part of a unified statement. Lawson's practice draws on the full weight of photographic history while remaining anchored in the lived realities of Black American life, and this work is no exception. The Alabama corridor named in the title carries deep historical resonance, evoking the geography of the civil rights movement and the longer, more complicated arc of Black experience in the American South. Lawson does not illustrate that history directly; instead she allows it to press against the image from beneath, lending the scene an emotional density that accumulates over repeated viewings. Represented by David Kordansky Gallery, Lawson has garnered sustained institutional recognition, with major acquisitions and exhibitions that confirm her standing as a canonical voice in contemporary photography. Between Montgomery and Prattville offers collectors a work that functions equally as an object of formal beauty and as a meditation on memory, place, and the enduring complexity of Black identity in America. Works at this scale and from this period of her practice appear infrequently on the market, making this a compelling opportunity for a serious collection.

Medium
Pigment print
Overall
Location
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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Deana Lawson, Between Montgomery and Pratville, 2022

Between Montgomery and Prattville (2022) places two figures within a landscape that feels simultaneously intimate and mythic, Lawson's camera rendering the scene with a stillness that transforms an ordinary stretch of Alabama terrain into charged, devotional ground. The pigment print, measuring 101.6 by 145.1 centimeters, rewards close attention: the palette is rich and precise, every tonal relationship resolved with the kind of deliberateness that situates Lawson among the most technically rigorous photographers working today. The framed work arrives as a complete object, the presentation reinforcing the sense that each element of the image, including its physical housing, has been considered as part of a unified statement. Lawson's practice draws on the full weight of photographic history while remaining anchored in the lived realities of Black American life, and this work is no exception. The Alabama corridor named in the title carries deep historical resonance, evoking the geography of the civil rights movement and the longer, more complicated arc of Black experience in the American South. Lawson does not illustrate that history directly; instead she allows it to press against the image from beneath, lending the scene an emotional density that accumulates over repeated viewings. Represented by David Kordansky Gallery, Lawson has garnered sustained institutional recognition, with major acquisitions and exhibitions that confirm her standing as a canonical voice in contemporary photography. Between Montgomery and Prattville offers collectors a work that functions equally as an object of formal beauty and as a meditation on memory, place, and the enduring complexity of Black identity in America. Works at this scale and from this period of her practice appear infrequently on the market, making this a compelling opportunity for a serious collection.

Medium
Pigment print
Dimensions
overall: 101.6 x 145.1 cm
Year
2022
Seen at
David Kordansky Gallery, United States

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