Peter Essick

In honor of Memorial Day, we are rerunning the work of Jessica Hines. Where we drift and call it dreaming We can weep and call it singing -Iron & Wine “Making this work is healing for me,” writes Jessica Hines in her new photo book My Brother’s War published by Dewi Lewis, with the generous support of⁠ The Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Arts Foundation⁠. For many, subjects like war, family relationships, post-traumatic stress and especially suicide are better swept under the rug.

''That’s something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery.'' - William Gibson Photography has a history of documenting everyday life. In my neighborhood in Atlanta, construction activity is an everyday occurrence. It wasn’t until I started flying a drone that I realized construction sites offered so many different visual perspectives.

Where we drift and call it dreaming We can weep and call it singing -Iron & Wine “Making this work is healing for me,” writes Jessica Hines in her new photo book My Brother’s War published by Dewi Lewis. For many, subjects like war, family relationships, post-traumatic stress and especially suicide are better swept under the rug. Jessica Hines takes the opposite approach in her 13-year project. She is unflinching in her desire to use photography as a tool to shed light in the dark corners.