J Henry Fair
Picturing Freedom: Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid
It would be hard to imagine a more charismatic person than Harriet Tubman, or, strangely, one more contentious. Slight in stature, plagued with lifelong seizures from a blow to the head by an enslaver, Tubman was a giant individual. After freeing herself from slavery, she stole back into the land of bondage to free many more. Moving to the north, she became a celebrity and an inspiration to abolitionists, before returning to the south as a spy. There she infiltrated the rice plantations and helped to organize the most successful slave rebellion in USA history. And it is said she could converse with the animals…
J Henry Fair is a photographer and environmental activist. He is best known for his striking aerial photographs of the environment and his photo book Industrial Scars: The Hidden Costs of Consumption (2016). He studied journalism at Fordham University and has been published in internationally renowned newspapers and magazines (including The New York Times, National Geographic, Die Zeit, The Guardian, Le Figaro), and has appeared on television programs such as Arte, TTT, CBC News, and The Today Show. His work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide. In 2012, he received the Earth Through a Lens Award and was shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards. In 2019, he was named Environmental Photographer of the Year.