Larissa Ramey
My goal is to collect works of different womxn on how they express their passions about the ratification of the amendment through imagery. I have collected visual imagery of different mediums decided by the subject. Following the theme of the project, “Photographs that directly or indirectly reflect, react, or respond to the ratification of the 19th Amendment” and curated the series of works to share a diverse storyline.
Larissa Ramey is a multimedia artist who primarily works with photography. Her works display themes about race, identity, body image, and ecology concerns. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in Photography from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in 2019. Currently, Ramey is based out of Leesburg, Virginia.
Larissa is making work that challenges her to explore the relationships, environments, and, roles of her identity as a biracial woman and artist. The act of documenting her environments and interpreting levels of her identity through portraiture has given her the ability to pass through experiences and expand upon her own self-worth. Thus, allowing her to acknowledge her heritage, ancestry, and the present landscapes that have forged a connection towards the meaning of place her practice. Portraiture is a way for Ramey to capture the intimate and subtle ways in which she has carved out her place of identity and perspective of what being black means to her as an individual. While capturing landscapes gives way to understanding the attachment to land as an individual and through a community.
instagram: @larissa.ramey
