Genesis #4 Framed:Framed (20x26)

Genesis #4 Framed:Framed (20x26)

He was a character

We ended up talking for a while and I discovered a few things about Mr

While hanging out at the Pettway lounge (the only business of any kind in Gee's Bend) I struck up a conversation with a man who actually grew up in this particular house and gave me the history of the 12 foot room

The young men on horseback are Terrence and Lucus

after seeing Jerry here standing there at the stop sign I pulled over to ask for some direction

I went up and introduced my self and he replied ROBERT HENRY CLAY

second and most striking to me is that he has lived most of his life living within a 10 mile radius of this stop sign

I grew up in Albany

After figuring out that I was not heading his direction I asked if I could take his photography and we parted ways

Shot from one of the penthouse balcanies at The Atlantic Condominium in Atlantic Station in Atlanta

First was that he was standing there waiting for a ride

When the houses were first built for the descendants of the Gee's Bend slaves the government figure out that the tiny houses were too small for the large families that occupied them