Celebrating 25 years of Southern life in the High Museum exhibit ‘Picturing The South’

“Picturing the South” was a photography series launched by the High Museum in 1996 when Atlanta hosted the Olympics. Featured photographers were invited to photograph the South any way they saw fit, resulting in a diverse array of perspectives. Twenty-five years later, the High presents a commemorative reprisal of the exhibition, bringing back artists from 1996’s show to present photographs the museum has never seen before.

“City Lights” producer Summer Evans spoke with Gregory Harris, the High’s curator of photography, and Sheila Pree Bright, renowned Atlanta photographer, about the exhibit “Picturing the South.” 

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