On Monday, Feb. 16 from 7 to 8 p.m., celebrated photographer Wing Young Huie will present “Documenting/Creating Community,” discussing how photography works as a tool to help build community. Huie’s presentation is free and open to the public and will be held in the Weitz Center for Creativity, Room 236, on the Carleton College campus.
Wing Young Huie’s photographic projects document the dizzying socioeconomic and cultural realities of American society, much of it centered on the urban cores of his home state of Minnesota. Whether in epic public installations or internatonal museum exhibitions, he creates up-to-the-minute societal mirrors of who we are, and uses photography to both record and honor communities.
His most well-known works, “Frogtown” (1995), “Lake Street USA” (2000), and “The University Avenue Project” (2010) transformed Twin Cities’ urban areas in public photo galleries, reflecting the everyday lives of thousands of its citizens in the midst of some of the most diverse concentrations of international immigrants in the country.
In 2007, Huie—along with two other Minnesota-based artists—explored Carleton student culture through “Vantage Points II,” creating a series of images now in the Carleton Art Collection.
The Minneapolis Star Tribue named Huie “Artist of the Year” in 2000, stating “’Lake Street USA’ is likely to stand as a milestone in the history of photography and public art.” The Star Tribune also named the book “one of the 25 greatest books ever published about Minnesota.” Additionally, Huie has also published “The University Avenue Project, Volume 1,” “The University Avenue Project, Volume 2,” “Looking for Asian American: An Ethnocentric Tour,” and “Frogtown: Photographs and Conversations in an Urban Neighborhood.”
More at www.wingyounghuie.com.
Huie earned a BA in journalism from the University of Minnesota. His photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Westport, New York City, West Palm Beach, Budapest, and Rotterdam. He is the recipient of countless fellowships, grants, and awards.
This event is sponsored by the Perlman Teaching Museum. For more information, including disability accommodations, call (507) 222-4342. The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at Third and College Streets in Northfield.
