High Museum

May 3, 2008 - August 10, 2008

Young Americans: Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright

A dynamic new body of work by Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, “Young Americans” is a portraiture project exploring the attitudes and opinions of young Americans (18–25 years old) toward their nation and their identity as Americans. Individual relationships to the nation as a whole are of increasing relevance as political engagement comes to the foreground in the 2008 election year. The themes explored in “Young Americans” also echo those of  the Civil Rights Era, as examined  in  “Road to Freedom: 1956–1968” and “After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy,” which will be on view simultaneously beginning June 7. 

“Young Americans: Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright” is organized by the High Museum of Art with generous support from the AETNA Foundation.