FORECAST Artist Talk with Trent Bozeman
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
6:00 - 7:00 PM PST
On Tuesday, January 25th, SF Camerawork hosted an artist talk with FORECAST 2021 artist Trent Bozeman. In his project A People Called Elaine, Trent Bozeman presents a sensitive and thoughtful document of members of the Elaine, Arkansas community, which from September 30 - October 1, 1919 was the setting for a little known, but terrible massacre of black inhabitants by white supremacists. Since 2020, Bozeman has been hosting a summer photography camp with children at the Elaine Legacy Center, giving the students the tools and agency to represent themselves. As he continues with this long-term project, Bozeman states, “I am focusing on collaboration with the kids, while also making images that hold a more vocal stance on the inner politics, societal issues, and culture of Elaine.”
Image by Zora J. Murff
ABOUT TRENT BOZEMAN
Trent Bozeman is a lens-based artist from Los Angeles by way of Chicago. Coming from a journalism background, he is interested in how black history is reshaped, documented, and preserved. Combatting the erasure of black legacies and histories has long been a recurring theme in his projects. His current photographic work is based in the Arkansas Delta in the small town of Elaine, Arkansas. His past ongoing work explores Gullah sea islands communities, specifically Wadmalaw Island, where his family is from, and the memories that continue to prolong their cultural significance. More can be viewed on his website at trentbozeman.com
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