04/22/2026
The 2026 Photography Award Winner is Jared Ragland, for his series ‘WHAT HAS BEEN WILL BE AGAIN’.
This body of work will be exhibited at Foto Forum Santa Fe on June 5th, 2026 through July 25th, 2026. The opening reception will be on Friday, June 5th, 2026 from 5PM to 7PM.
WHAT HAS BEEN WILL BE AGAIN
Alabama has known a deep and complex history. From Indigenous genocide to slavery and secession, and from the fight for civil rights to the championing of MAGA ideology, the national history written on, in, and by the people and landscapes of Alabama reveal problematic patterns at the nexus of larger American identity. Working deep in territory considered a repository of national repressions, What Has Been Will Be Again has led Jared Ragland across more than 35,000 miles and into each of Alabama’s 67 counties to trace routes connected to brutal colonial legacies—including the path of Hernando de Soto’s 1540 expedition, the Trail of Tears, and the Old Federal Road.