In conjunction with the Appalachian Heritage Writers Project and the Appalachian Heritage Festival at Shepherd University, Belleville native Randi Ward was announced as the winner of the 2019 Appalachian Anthology Photographic Art Award. The award will be presented at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education in Shepherdstown, WV on September 24 […]
The Village Life images were photographed in various villages throughout the Faroe Islands. The series disputes the romanticized narratives that people have often used to portray Faroese villages as storybook communities where time stands still and villagers live in perfect harmony with nature and one another. Bygdarlívið presents a much harsher reality, one fraught with symbolic specters […]
BYGDARLÍVIÐ Myndirnar í bygdarlívinum eru tiknar í ymsum bygdum runt um í Føroyum. Ætlanin er, at tær skulu mæla ímóti tí romantisku umrøðuni, sum er vanlig hjá fólki, tá ið tey lýsa Føroyar og føroysku bygdirnar, t.e. sum ævintýrakend støð, har ið tíðin stendur still, og øll liva í samljóði í utopiskum fjarskotni. Framsýningin bygdarlívið sáar iva um hesa sjálvsøknu […]
Three photographs by Randi Ward— “Mørk,” “Bygdarlívið II,” and “Bygdarlívið XIII”— were selected for the juried Ólavsøka Exhibition that is on display at The National Art Gallery of the Faroe Islands in Tórshavn. The annual exhibition opens at Listasavn Føroya during the Faroese national holiday, Ólavsøka, and lasts throughout the month of August.