Frances Jakubek
These images are meant to depict the many barriers that restrict voter registration. The obfuscating treatment of these registration forms symbolize the confusion and frustration created under restrictive measures. Literacy tests that were nearly impossible to interpret were failed with one wrong answer and set up to be doomed with inconsiderate time restrictions. Obstacles like redistricting, documentation requirements, administrative fees and lack of access have created barriers in receiving ID’s, and lack of voter education and support has led to rejection of many mail-in forms. We must continue to work to improve the accessibility and safety of registration for the entire population of this country and future generations of voters.
Frances Jakubek is a photographer, curator and advocate for photography. She is the Director of Exhibitions and Operations at Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York City and past Associate Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Recent curatorial appointments include I Surrender, Dear at Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York; Drawing the Line at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York; Grief on NY Photo Curator, and The RefridgeCurator in Boston, Massachusetts. Her personal work focuses on self-portraiture and how the body is perceived in different contexts. Her photographs have been exhibited at The Southern Contemporary Art Gallery in Charleston, SC; Filter Space; Chicago, IL; Camera Commons in Dover, NH; and The Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College, MA.
She has been a guest writer for various publications and for artist monographs including Serrah Russell’s tears, tears. Jakubek has been a panelist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Photography fellowships, speaker for The Photo Brigade and juror for exhibitions throughout the US including United Photo Industry’s ‘The Fence’ and PDN’s ‘The Curator Awards’.
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