Investigative report by Thomas Johnson, a reporter covering the happenings in Lawrence during 1970. The report focuses on the days surrounding the killings of Nick Rice and Rick Dowdell.
This work was made in late December for my on going project titled "Hometown". The title of the work "Retention" is derived from the fact that this image was made possible by the still retention pond in this new development I was exploring.
Namu (나무) means “tree” in Korean and inspired this photo montage-textual art piece. The trunk of the trees is created from actual tree trunks while the leaves come from stacked images of bushes. I play with the idea of what makes up an object as this…