By Hand: Laura Jean Zito
exhibition
finished
By Hand: Laura Jean Zito. Official Opening: Friday 5th July, 8pm Having been once encouraged by the great John B Keane to “photograph the farmers, they’re a dyin’ breed,” Laura Jean Zito did just that and that became the inception of this particular series. These nostalgic images show the seeds within of present day ‘turmoils’: plastics in the environment, gun control, fascism, injustice, fraud, harassment, homelessness, migration, energy, religion, Brexit, generation gap, education, resources, water. Hi-Tech filters are replacing the personal touch, affecting our relationships to everything. We’ve gained velocity, but lost veracity. Out with the ‘Town Crier’, and in ...