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1media/William+Major.jpg2023-03-02T20:20:22+00:00William Major16Photographer from Northeast Tennesseestructured_gallery2023-09-28T17:44:06+00:00William Major is a photographer and community art practitioner from Northeast Tennessee. In his work, Major uses the documentary potentials of photography to tease out the forgotten, hidden, or otherwise obscured aspects of the Appalachian communities around him. From the masculine intimacy and gendered performance in professional wrestling to the intersections of worship and ideology in the built environment, William Major's art asserts that Appalachia is not a singular place in the maps and minds of the country, but a complex assemblage of people, cultures, histories, and material conditions that constantly shape one another. William Major's artistic practice also encompasses his coordination of community art projects with incarcerated people in the region, incorporating photovoice and critical pedagogy methods to prompt engagement and reflection within community. In doing so, William Major illustrates that art is a communal practice with that can move beyond the walls that separate us.
William Major's body of work is visible on his website.
