Abstract:This essay explores the role of the photographic image in the documentation of lynchings and racial violence in the United States, beginning with the idea that all photographs are “abandonings.” It offers an overview of the history of lynchings that occurred between the end of the Civil War and the present day, before exploring the impact of lynching photographs and postcards collected in the 2000 publication Without Sanctuary. Chiefly, the essay introduces a new body of work entitled “The Spaces We Inherit.” This is a series of photographs of lynching sites that present racial violence in terms of spatial documentation, reflecting changes and stasis to the physical and psychic geography—what is both seen and not seen. “The Spaces We Inherit” also includes portraits and interviews with individuals connected to the physical locations and the events themselves. “The Spaces We Inherit,” along with its predecessors, is a refutation of willed amnesia and what Lillian Smith called “the tyranny of silence.”

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我们继承的空间

摘要：本文探讨了摄影图像在美国私刑和种族暴力记录中的作用，从所有照片都是“遗弃”的想法开始。在探讨 2000 年出版的《无避难所》中收集的私刑照片和明信片的影响之前，它概述了内战结束至今发生的私刑历史。主要是，这篇文章介绍了一个名为“我们继承的空间”的新作品。这是一系列私刑地点的照片，这些地点以空间记录的形式呈现种族暴力，反映了物理和心理地理的变化和停滞——可见的和不可见的。“我们继承的空间”还包括对与实际地点和事件本身相关的个人的肖像和采访。“我们继承的空间”及其前身是对意志失忆和莉莲史密斯所说的“沉默的暴政”的反驳。