Debra Dilworth uses photography as a tool to make sense of the relativity of time as it pertains to her social and political reality. Using the oeuvre of photographical documentary as a starting point, Dilworth has focused her efforts into images that use digital collaboration to transcend the boundaries of time and place, placing special emphasis on the place of ‘past’ in her aesthetic and cultural development. Her current series, “My Father’s Garden,” combines contemporary scenes with her father’s photography from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s to address the questions and trends that affect her position as an African-American female living in twenty-first century America. Debra Dilworth’s work has been shown in venues throughout the country, including Stanford University, the Cultural Center of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, DePauw University, the University of Wisconsin, the Port Huron Museum of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Southside Community Arts Center in Chicago, Illinois.

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