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INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT + RAINIER, SEATTLE

Doug Keyes

Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center

Multiple-exposure photographs capture what it is to know a place.

Doug Keyes. International District #2, Seattle and Rainier, Seattle, 2003. Digital pigment prints. Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, Seattle, WA. King County Public Art Collection. Photo: joefreemanjunior.com

Doug Keyes creates a rich sense of place with multiple-exposure photographs that render complex experiences in a single image. "The layering of information over time creates a condensed portrait of places our senses have adapted to, places that we no longer 'see,' even though we experience them every day," he says.

International District and Rainier capture two urban Seattle neighborhoods. They belong to a larger series called Becoming Language, which is composed of multiple-exposure photographs taken in San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York City, the California Redwoods, Tacoma, Paris, and elsewhere. The works in the series document the subliminal information people gather as they move through a place.
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Doug Keyes. Rainier, Seattle, 2003. Digital pigment print. Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, Seattle, WA. King County Public Art Collection.
Doug Keyes. International District #2, Seattle, 2003. Digital pigment print. Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center, Seattle, WA. King County Public Art Collection.
 

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Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center

4Culture believes in juvenile justice reform that results in zero youth detention. We also believe artists can lead the way in enacting this change, as culture-bearers, storytellers, and community-builders. Every single artist involved with the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center project has demonstrated a commitment to uplifting young people. Likewise, all…

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