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In 2010, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta commissioned Shane Lavalette to contribute to a new body of photographs for their “Picturing the South” series — a mission Shane decided to pursue through the lens of traditional Southern music. “I was not interested in making a documentary about Southern music today, but desired to explore the relationship between traditional music and the contemporary landscape through a more poetic lens,” he explains. “Moved by the themes and stories past down in songs, I let the music itself carry the pictures.” The thoughtfulness shows. His images are awash with rosy colors, and he seems to have a unique eye for finding beautiful patterns in unusual, seemingly cast-off, spaces. CNN recently ran a selection of the photographs, and his project makes a great addition to the recently launched Curated Page for LightBox.
Explore Shane’s project here, and make sure to browse the rest of the awesome photography projects highlighted by LightBox’s Curated Page.
(via timelightbox)
