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Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Posted on August 26, 2024

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Photograph by O.N. Pruitt

Check out this article written by Sean Clancy & recently published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Sean and I discussed the works of O.N. Pruitt & Berkley Hudson’s Pruitt Project. You can find Berkley’s book here. It was an honor to participate on a panel discussing Pruitt’s images at the Delta Cultural Center in Helena-West Helena. Pruitt’s photographs will live on in the archives at UNC Chapel Hill, where they are now permanently housed as part of the Wilson Library’s Southern Historical Collection.

NYT Opinion

Posted on November 25, 2023

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I was thrilled to have my work published in the New York Times alongside a beautiful essay by Margaret Renkl.

Big thanks to NYT Opinion for thinking of me!

The New Yorker

Posted on July 13, 2021

Big thanks to the New Yorker for the opportunity to work on a fascinating story!

Link to full article here: Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs?

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Ellen Stewart, one of Disfarmer’s great-nieces, holds a portrait that he took of her parents on their wedding day. Photograph by Rachel Boillot for The New Yorker

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The group of relatives fighting for control of Disfarmer’s estate, including Ruth Kirkemier, one of Disfarmer’s great-nieces, is now about sixty strong.

Photograph by Rachel Boillot for The New Yorker

Blue Sky Gallery

Posted on December 02, 2019

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Installation shot of Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau

Check out a solo exhibit of Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR this December!

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Feather. Norris, TN. 2014.

Archival Pigment Print. 20x25”

Also, I will be in Portland to give an artist talk at the gallery on Saturday, December 7 at 3pm.

Come one, come all! I hope to see you there.

Appalachia

Posted on October 01, 2019

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It was my pleasure to have prints on display in the Appalachia exhibit at the aff Galerie in Berlin, Germany this past September. Here are some scenes from the opening celebration.

Thanks to Stef Rieder for including my work!

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The Washington Post

Posted on August 16, 2019

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Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau is featured in The Washington Post today! Please check it out at this link

Thanks to Kenneth Dickerman for the lovely feature.

The Guardian

Posted on April 22, 2019

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Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau is featured in The Guardian today! Please check it out at this link. What an honor!

Ole Miss

Posted on April 01, 2019

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This Thursday, April 11, I will be at the University of Mississippi. There will be a few different events for those of you in the Oxford, MS area. First, I will be giving an artist talk at 4pm adjacent to the Gammill Gallery, where there is an exhibition of Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau. There will be a short reception in the gallery at 5pm. Then, I’m delighted to announce we will be screening my film In That Valley of Gold! The film is co-produced by myself and Kyle Wilkinson. The film will be on view at 7pm at the Malco Theater downtown. Click here to view a trailer for the film.

AIPAD

Posted on March 29, 2019

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I will be at AIPAD on April 6 at 4pm for a book signing. Please join me! 

AIPAD is at Pier 94 in NYC. Daylight Books is located at Table 638.

The Book is Here!

Posted on March 24, 2019

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I am beyond ecstatic to report that my book has arrived! Moon Shine: Photographs of the Cumberland Plateau has been published by Daylight Books. 

Please contact me directly (rachelboillot@gmail.com) to reserve your copy today!

The book will soon be available on Amazon, as well - check out the page here.