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Jenna Garrett

This Holy Hill

Description

2017 - ongoing

This Holy Hill explores spirituality and myth in America through a rural vacation town. Branson, Missouri is a population of 11,400 nestled in the Ozark Mountains. For more than a century it’s served as a much-loved tourist destination, drawing an estimated 7 million a year at its height. The region champions a particular subset of American values, but perhaps most of all, a belief it is blessed by God. 

I was born 40 miles north of Branson. As a child, I visited several times a year. My work examines the foundation on which I was raised. Through a combination of documentary and staged images, I create a nuanced portrait of a worldview often over-simplified. America has a long history of decreeing ordinary places holy, blending nature and the divine as proof of its intended destiny. It’s a story grandly told, partially true, and deeply felt.

Full statement and image select availble upon request.
 

Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill

Fellowship 22 Exhibition / Silver Eye Center for Photography

Install photograhy by Sean Carroll / Silver Eye Center for Photography

Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill

Elective Effinities / Bristol Photo Festival

Installation included a dual-screen video piece with original audio and music.

Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill
Jenna Garrett / This Holy Hill