More than 4000 copies sold! I’m pleased to say that the third printing of Waffle House Vistas is up in The Bitter Southerner General Store. If you haven’t picked up a copy, now is your chance.
WHV in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Check out this thoughtful review of Waffle House Vistas by Amy Bowers:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/comfort-and-transience/
She gets it. I appreciate her reflection on these images with the context of the pandemic and how our lives have changed over the past year and a half.
Some WHV Love from Vancouver
As my friends at The Bitter Southerner said on social, “being mentioned in the same paragraph with Sean Brock and Anthony Bourdain, well…that makes us a little emotional!”
Scout Vancouver’s Cool Things We Want: Waffle House Vistas
Thanks to Andrew Morrison at Scout Vancouver for the mention!
WHV Interview on UPROXX
I sat down with Dane Rivera from UPROXX last week to talk about Waffle House vistas:
These Photos from ‘Waffle House Vistas’ Capture Fascinating Scenes of Late-Stage Capitalism.
It was nice to chat about the concept behind the project and focus on how my interests in the built environment nestled into the frame of Waffle House.
Waffle House Vistas at The Mint Museum
Three photographs from Waffle House Vistas are included in the Mint Museum’s Coined in the South exhibition.
Featuring the work of over 40 artists from across the southeast, the purpose of the show is simple: to bridge the gap between the museum, the gallery, and the studio and to showcase fresh and innovative works that have not yet been seen by a broader audience.
October 10, 2019 - February 16, 2020
Opening reception October 10 from 7-9pm
Be sure to check this one out! I’m thrilled to have my work in conversation with so many incredible artists, many of whom I’ve known for a number of years! You don’t want to miss it!
Store #1449: Calvert City, Kentucky
Store #604: West Memphis, Arkansas
Store #1912: Mobile, Alabama
Waffle House Vistas at UNC Charlotte
The first solo exhibition of Waffle House Vistas is currently on view at UNC Charlotte! I’m thrilled to have this work at an institution that means so much to me - I taught there for two years and my wife teaches for the Cato College of Education.
The exhibition looks incredible and the photographs are installed in a way that immerses the viewer into the project rather than emphasizes individual images.
The public reception is Thursday, August 29 from 6-8 pm with an artist talk around 6:30pm - hope to see you there!
Waffle House Vistas
Storrs Gallery at UNC Charlotte
August 8 - September 20
Public Reception: August 29, 6-8 pm
Artist Talk at 6:30pm
Store #1655: Monroe, North Carolina. Archival pigment print, 24 x 36 inches.
Waffle House Vistas at ArtFields
You have one week to check out five photographs from Waffle House Vistas!
I’m honored to be included in this year’s ArtFields festival in Lake City, South Carolina - it is always a wonderful experience and the ArtFields team does an amazing job. Do yourself a favor and get to Lake City by this Saturday and see a tremendous amount of excellent art!
My contribution to this year’s festival can be found in The Jones-Carter Gallery.
Selections from Waffle House Vistas - ArtFields
Waffle House Vistas published in The Bitter Southerner
If you haven’t had an opportunity to check out The Bitter Southerner’s feature about Waffle House Vistas, please do so. You can catch it HERE.
I am incredibly honored to have the BS team debut this project. Ten photographs from the series are paired with an essay I wrote that discusses why I chose to create this work and what I experienced along the way.
Let me know what you think. This won’t be the last you’ll see or hear about Waffle House Vistas, so stay tuned - we’re just getting started!
Store #1449: Calvert City, Kentucky
From The Bitter Southerner’s collection of featured articles, Look Away:
Since our beginnings, we’ve welcomed the contributions of photographers who were ambitious and adventurous enough to use their cameras to search for deeper meaning. Our first contribution from Micah Cash came several years ago. Called “Dangerous Waters,” it was a series of photographs chronicling the public works projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority, whose dams brought electricity to the rural South but sacrificed the homes, land, and ways of life of people whose communities now lie beneath the lakes created by those dams.
Late last year, Micah called to let us know of a new project. He had traveled across seven Southern states and visited about 60 Waffle Houses to photograph the environments around them from inside them. He stuck to his own rules and made photographs only from the table or counter-stool where he was having coffee.
The resulting story could have a simple, heartfelt tribute to these little diners where Southerners have consumed millions of waffles and eggs, where “scattered, smothered, and covered” is a completely familiar order with no mystery to it at all. Micah instead looked deeper and made us see how a Waffle House offers the best view of the modern South as it really is.
“Waffle House is the stage for the country we live in,” Micah wrote. “There was approximately a 50/50 ratio of women to men, and no obvious age range. It’s everybody from high schoolers to parents with babies to the elderly. As a whole, the ability for the local culture of a place to exist within the walls of a pervasive fast food restaurant is amazing.” For the folks who read his essay and studied his photographs, their next trip to a Waffle House will have deeper meaning.
PhotoNOLA
I am excited to be included in this year’s Currents exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art as part of PhotoNOLA.
This will be the exhibition debut of Waffle House Vistas - a project I’ve been working hard on for the past six months! Five prints from the series will be included. I’m honored to have work alongside so many wonderful artists.
If you’re in the area, please swing by check them out. I will be at the opening reception Friday, December 14 - I look forward to seeing you!
You can check out the artists HERE. Info on the exhibition is below.
CURRENTS 2018: New Orleans Photo Alliance Members Showcase
December 6, 2018 – February 15, 2019
Opening: Friday, Dec 14, 5-7pm
Juror’s Talk with Anjuli Lebowitz: Dec 14, 5:30pm
925 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-539-9600
Hours: Wed-Mon 10am-5pm; plus Ogden After Hours, Thurs 6-8pm
CURRENTS is an annual exhibition which highlights the diverse photographic work being created by New Orleans Photo Alliance members. Established in 2009, CURRENTS was designed as a showcase exhibition, featuring multiple images per selected photographer, to offer an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects. For the 10th annual CURRENTS exhibition, Anjuli Lebowitz of the National Gallery of Art selected work by 13 artists. Featuring:
Gary Burnley | Micah Cash | Francis Crisafio | Benjamin Dimmitt | Rich Frishman | Sarah Hoskins | Daniela Leal | Ryan Lips | Christine Osinski | Donna Pinckley | Jared Ragland & Cary Norton | Adair Rutledge | Jenny Sampson
Store #604: West Memphis, Arkansas (from the series Waffle House Vistas)