“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
~Emily Dickinson (excerpt)

Brandon Thibodeaux “Into the Forest, Alligator, Mississippi” 2012 from the series and book In That Land of Perfect Day (Red Hook Editions, 2017), courtesy of the artist,

Andrea Modica “Pine Plains, New York” from the series and book As We Wait (L’Artiere, 2017 & 2019), 8″x10″ platinum print, courtesy of the artist.

Kristen Joy Emack “Hug” from the series Cousins, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.

Man Zhu “1994 & 1999 Hold My Hand” from the series Unframe: Relationship, courtesy of the artist.

Yorgos Efthymiadis “Christos S,” 2019, from the series There Is a Place I Want to Take You, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston.

Ivan McClellan “Cowboy Prayer, Okmulgee, OK” 2020, from the series and book Eight Seconds: Black Cowboys in America (Self-publish, 2020), courtesy of the artist.

Barbara Bosworth “Amy with bubble” 2000, from the series One Star and a Dark Voyage, courtesy of the artist and Sasha Wolf Projects, NY.

Chehalis Deane Hegner “Black Walnut Playing with Friend” from the series Source Code, archival inkjet spring, courtesy of the artist.

Amanda Tinker “Untitled (Winter figure)” 2017, from the series Small Animal, 8″x 10″ platinum/ palladium print, courtesy of the artist.

Colby Deal “The Light” 2017, from the series and book Beautiful, Still (MACK, 2022), courtesy of the artist.

Jessica Somers “Secret Language” from the series Trinity is my Fortress, courtesy of the artist.

Diane Hemingway “Dawn” 2021, from the series Impossible Diamonds, courtesy of the artist. (FEATURE IMAGE)

Torrance York “Untitled, 1618” 2020, from the series and book Semaphore (Kehrer Verlag, 2022) courtesy of the artist and Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC.

Philip Heying “A heron rookery on the South Fork Cottonwood River at Gladstone Station – 22 April 2021 3:08pm” from the series A Survey of Elemental Gratitude, courtesy of the artist.

Irina Rozovsky “Untitled,” 2011, from the series and book In Plain Air (MACK, 2021), courtesy of the artist and Claxton Projects, Athens, Georgia.

JoAnn Chaus “Stepping Off” 2020, from the series Conversations with Myself, courtesy of the artist.
Curated by Suzanne Révy and Elin Spring