Photograph by Gillian Laub

Image Title: Seniors arriving at the first integrated prom, Lyons, Georgia, 2010

Paper Dimensions (H x W): 8x10"

Image Dimensions (H x W): 6.5x9"

Year Created: 2010

Edition 20/100

Signed in ink on verso

Image Description: From the series Southern Rites, Vernon, Georgia, a decade-long project that documents the lives of teenagers in Montgomery County, Georgia. In 2009, Laub's photographs of segregated proms were published in The New York Times Magazine. The story brought national attention to the town and the following year the proms were finally integrated. Laub then photographed Montgomery County over the following decade-what began as an exploration of segregated high school rituals, evolved into a complex story about adolescence, race, the legacy of slavery, and the deeply rooted practice of segregation in the American South.

Photographer's Bio: Gillian Laub is a photographer and filmmaker based in New York. Her work exploring issues of racism in the American South became a feature length film, Southern Rites, that premiered on HBO. Her monograph Family Matters, explores how society's biggest questions are revealed in our most intimate relationships; an exhibition of Family Matters opened at the International Center of Photography in conjunction with its publication in 2021.

www.gillianlaub.com