Fortune’s black-and-white photographs from his Hardtack project weave together tender and reverent portraits, vast landscapes, and close-detail studies. Through a focus on Black American life, these words both draw from the history of photography and reframe the history of photographic representation of the South. The work is also deeply personal: it emerged from the artist seeking connection, kinship, and home following the loss of both of his parents. Fortune’s new color photographs, created in response to the Texas African American Photography archive, are exhibited here for the first time. His short film takes us through the fields and roads of rural Texas, lingering lovingly on quiet, exquisite details.
20 September 2025 - 11 January 2026
CPW - Central for Photography at Woodstock
25 Dederick Street
Kingston, NY 12401
