The American Academy in Rome (AAR) announced Todd Gray as one of the winners of the prestigious 2022–23 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities.
Rome Prize winners are selected annually by independent juries of distinguished artists and scholars through a national competition. “I first became aware of the Rome Prize while reading one of my favorite photography books, ''Anthony Hernandez’s "Pictures for Rome" (1998-99), made while he was a fellow at the American Academy,” Todd Gray said. “I never dared to imagine I’d be a fellow and am overwhelmed with joy.”
During the fellowship, Gray will continue his photo assemblage investigation, the hidden order of the whole, which explores the historic socio-political, cultural and economic relationships between Western Europe, post-colonial Africa and North America. Imperial gardens, architecture, monuments, and signifiers of Old Europe will be primary sites of research and photographic investigation while in the residency.
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