Window to the Humanities

Family in Focus: Documentary Photographs of the Neugents by David Spear
October 29, 2003 - January 11, 2004

Behind this exhibition are eight months of hard work and three talented
Carolina students in the Johnston, Carolina and Pogue Scholars programs
at UNC-Chapel Hill. The goal for the exhibition is to present works by a
current photographer with significant work in black and white. The
students chose David Spear based on his photographic technique and the
amazing insight his work lends to documenting the rural North Carolina
lifestyle.

In the words of the students themselves:

"The David Spear photos are simple but complex; the complexity lies not in
the subject but in Spear's composition, technique, lighting, and exposure."

"The more you look at the David Spear photos, the more you wonder about
these people, their lifestyle, and their relationships to each other [and the land]."

David Spear on David Spear
David Spear will give a public lecture about his photography on
Saturday, November 1, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. in 116 Murphey Hall on the UNC campus.
Reception to follow at the Ackland Art Museum.
Sponsored by the James M. Johnston Awards Program.