JOE VITONE – FAMILY RECORDS
2019-10-07Family Records is an ongoing series of portraits of photographer Joe Vitone’s relatives living in and around Akron, Ohio. Begun in 1998, this body of work documents evolving interpersonal connections between parents and children, siblings, spouses, cousins and other relations within working class communities of the Rust Belt region. Shot each summer when the artist-now based in Austin, Texas-travels back to Ohio, this series features scenes from festivities such as birthday parties and weddings as well as intimate portraits set outside homes and workplaces. Touched by celebrations and struggles including marriage, divorce, addiction, new homes, unemployment, new jobs and babies, the lives of Vitone’s relatives reflect experiences common to families across the United States.
Opposite – Arathea Booth seated on a cooler in a yard smoking a cigarette, Marshallville, Ohio, 2008
Exhibition runs through to October 27th, 2019
Akron Art Museum
1 South High
Akron
44308 OH
