A group of people stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
A group of people stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
A blank postcard that was part of a series of postcards in which the lynch victim was removed as part of a conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. This postcard back was...
Soldiers; Military uniforms; Buildings; Wood poles
A crowd of soldiers stand in front of a building while several soldiers stand across from them. The five lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
Men in uniforms stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
Landscape; Trees; Grasslands; Mountains; Bodies of water
The black borders produced by the film holder are not included in the final print. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain,...
The black borders produced by the film holder are not included in the final print. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain,...
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
Lynching; Art galleries of Europe; Printed ephemera; Art Exhibitions; Photography
Press material and installation shot for ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...
Installation shot of ImageMediaPolitique exhibition at DIX 291 gallery, Paris. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Installation shot from Austrian Cultural Forum in New York. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California and vigilantism in the West....
Installation shot of Ken Gonzales-Day solo exhibition at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. Photograph includes "Erased Lynching Series," (right), and "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)," (corner). The lynch victims have been removed in this...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Installation shot of "Phantom Sightings" exhibit at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Photograph includes, (left to right), "Erased Lynching Series," and a photographic negative image of "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)." The lynch...
Lynching; Art Exhibitions; Postcards; Photography; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Installation shot of "Phantom Sightings" exhibit at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Photograph includes, (left to right), "The Wonder Gaze (Saint James Park)," and "Erased Lynching Series." The lynch victims have been removed in this...
The original design for the "Stop Lynching" pin. The pin is a recreation of the "Stop Lynching" button produced by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in the 1930s. For more information, see Lynching in the...
Altered image of the hanging of Josefa at the Downieville bridge in 1851. First woman to be lynched in California. Erasure of the figure intended to raise awareness of the much-overlooked history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...
Installation shot of Crimes of Omission exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. The lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the...
