Susan Harbage Page

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Blue Oxford
30” x 30” digital print

Camouflage
30” x 30” digital print

Carnation
30” x 30” digital print

Corduroy
30” x 30” digital print

Pink Silk with Boots
30” x 30” digital print

Pink Veil
30” x 30” digital print

Red Velevet
30” x 30” digital print

Toile
30” x 30” digital print

WalMart
30” x 30” digital print

Postcards from Home
Digital Photographs

Artist Statement:

This work is tied to the realization that often hatred doesn't wear a white hood. In all of its subversive manifestations racism presents itself in oxford cloth shirts, corduroy jackets and floral dresses.

The North Carolina Museum of History provided me with access to original Ku Klux Klan uniforms from the 1920's from which I was able to make patterns. From those patterns I made hoods out of contemporary fabrics. For many years I made my living photographing corporate CEO’s, I use the same lighting set-up for these images.

Racism and hatred are often historicized. This work is my attempt to address and acknowledge that these elements operate as a constant in our society and surround us daily, like wolves in sheep's clothing.

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