Artist: Richard Max Gavrich

Project: Across the Brown River

Description: In Across the Brown River, Richard Max Gavrich explores the “ordinary and extra-ordinary” in towns along the Mississippi River. He pursues the “memories of past fictions” carried by the river that create a distinct sense of place.

“Across the river there was a low red and gold grove of sassafras with hills of dark blue trees behind it and an occasional pine jutting over the skyline. Behind, in the distance, the city rose like a cluster of warts on the side of the mountain. The birds revolved downward and dropped lightly in the top of the highest pine and sat hunch-shouldered as if they were supporting the sky.”

—Flannery O'Connor, “The River”

• Mississippi River, 2017 Mississippi River, 2017

• Claiborne Ave., 2015 Claiborne Ave., 2015

• Lee, 2016 Lee, 2016

• Christopher, 2015 Christopher, 2015

• Woman in Cadillac, 2016 Woman in Cadillac, 2016

• Memorial, 2014 Memorial, 2014

• Martin Luther King Blvd, 2015 Martin Luther King Blvd, 2015

• Poydras at Perido, 2015 Poydras at Perido, 2015

• Pica, 2016 Pica, 2016

• Holy Cross Home, 2016 Holy Cross Home, 2016

• Natalie, 2015 Natalie, 2015

• Bill, 2016 Bill, 2016

• North Rampart, 2016 North Rampart, 2016

• Carlin, 2014 Carlin, 2014

• Edwin, 2014 Edwin, 2014

• Papertown Mill, 2014 Papertown Mill, 2014

• Motel Window, 2012 Motel Window, 2012

• Man with Metal Detector, 2016 Man with Metal Detector, 2016

• Tracks, 2014 Tracks, 2014

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Eyes on the South is curated by Jeff Rich. The weekly series features selections of current work from Southern artists, or artists whose photography concerns the South. To submit your work to the series, email Jeff.