Rahim Fortune Between a Memory and Me California African American Museum and Art + Practice, Los Angeles
Between a Memory and Meis the first solo exhibition in Los Angeles of work by Rahim Fortune. Born in Austin, Texas, and raised in the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Fortune uses photography to explore the layered, complex nature of American identity, foregrounding the connections between the communities he photographs and the land they inhabit.
Fortune’s black-and-white photographs from his Hardtack project weave together tender and reverent portraits of Black life, vast landscapes, and closeup studies. The exhibition also includes Fortune’s new color photographs, commissioned by Aperture and Documentary Arts and created in response to the Texas African American Photography Archive. Fortune’s short film, also on view, takes viewers through the fields and roads of rural Texas, lingering lovingly on quiet, exquisite details. Together they celebrate the histories embedded in the landscape of the American South and the traditions they carry forward.
Art + Practice 3401 W. 43rd Place Los Angeles, CA 90008 April 18 - September 5, 2026 curated by: Center for Photography at Woodstock
