Jared Ragland
Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama — Michael Farmer Fashions a Scarecrow in His Garden on Election Day, 20208½ x 11" Archival pigment print6½ x 7½" Image size
Edition of 22
Each print is editioned and signed by the artist.
25% of each sale will be donated to the Harris Presidential Campaign.
About the Image
Michael Farmer’s family has lived in Spring Hill for generations, where the predominantly Black community has faced a history of racial violence and voter disenfranchisement. On November 3, 1874 a white mob attacked the Spring Hill polling station, destroyed the ballot box, burned the ballots, and murdered the election supervisor’s son. When asked what he hoped might come from the 2020 presidential election, Farmer said, “I hope the young folks might think about what their ancestors came through to get where we are.”
Artist Bio
Jared Ragland (MFA, Tulane University) is a fine art and documentary photographer and former White House photo editor. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Photography at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. His collaborative, socially conscious visual practice combines a range of photographic tactics with social science, historical, and literary research methodologies to critically confront issues of identity, marginalization, and the history of place.