Berman Museum

Jennifer Karady: In Country: Soldiers’ Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

 

For the past six years, Jennifer Karady has worked with American veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to create staged narrative photographs that depict their individual stories and address their difficulties in adjusting to civilian life.

After extensive interview processes with the veterans and their families, Karady collaborates with each of her subjects to restage a chosen moment from war within the safe space of his or her everyday environment, often surrounded by family and friends. Each large-scale color photograph is accompanied by a recounting of the veteran’s story in his or her own words that has been transcribed and edited from the interviews. 

Describing herself as working more like a painter than as a photographer, Karady differs in her practice from other staged narrative photographers in that she collaborates with real people to dramatize their stories through both literal depiction and metaphorical and allegorical means.

Funding for this exhibition is made possible by the American Association of Museums, Artz (Artists for Alzheimer’s), Epps Advertising, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

 

All Berman exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public

Order Date

01/28/2013