Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A&E The Jena Project opens Friday at Opal Gallery
Posted by Debbie Michaud @DebsMichaud on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Atlanta photographer Michael David Murphy headed to Jena, La., in June 2007 to observe and document the turmoil brewing around the Jena 6.
Murphy posted his photos and writings from the Sept. 20, 2007, protests in Jena on whileseated.org, as well as in a slideshow on YouTube. People flocked to the websites and commented profusely. He mined the more than 3,000 responses and fused them with his photographs to create a multimedia study on race and the kind of "conversation on race" that the uninhibited speech of the blogosphere can cultivate.
The Jena Project opens at Little Five Points' Opal Gallery Fri., Sept. 12, 7-9 p.m., runs through Sept. 27, and includes a panel discussion at the Hammonds House Museum Sat., Sept. 20 at 2:30 p.m.
(Photo by Michael David Murphy)
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