In the 1800s Lowcountry, enslaved people painted their window and door frames a pastel blue made from indigo, to keep “haints” (ghosts) away. This idea that the enchanted is present, that we can interact with it directly, is something that persists in the American South. This series engages with those wonders, without questing for an answer. Drawing connections between the mundane and the mysterious, these photographs invite us to recognize that the mystical is ever present— even resting in the palm of our hand.
Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, Amelia Ray’s photographic work seeks to capture the character of the deep South: the sacred, the haunted, the weary, the magic, and the ordinary.
This is a work in progress.
