Exhibit Review: Of Women By Women, Charlotte, USA

Of Women By Women: Selections from The Do Good Fund
The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

The Do Good Fund is a Georgia-based charity building a museum-quality collection of post-war Southern photography. The fund lends its collections to museums, galleries, and other institutions interested in promoting photographic art, and its latest is on display at The Light Factory, a Charlotte, North Carolina gallery and institute of photography education.  Of Women By Women fairly well describes the exhibit theme, an unexpectedly powerful collection of images that left me wanting to see more. The images did not appear especially agenda-driven, apart perhaps from the preponderance of subjects that appeared to be working class and rural poor. The display, as can be seen in the photos here, was simple but effective.  On my visit a young lady welcomed our small group, explained the background to the exhibit, and then left our group alone to wander and view.  If I were living in Charlotte, I would be happy to explore more of Light Factory’s exhibits and education offerings.  It looks like a happening place in a happening neighborhood.

The Do Good Fund maintains an online catalog of its collection, for those who’d like to see what they’re doing but won’t be making it to the southeast United States.  Check it out at: http://www.thedogoodfund.org/

The Light Factory: http://lightfactory.org/

Susan Worsham

Margaret's Rhubarb

2010

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