Stacy Kranitz

Stacy Kranitz (born 1976) is an American photographer who works in the documentary tradition, currently living in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee.[1][2][3]

Life and work

Kranitz was born in Kentucky.[1] She earned a BA at New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study and a MA at the University of California, Irvine.[4]

Since studying she has worked as an assignment photographer for magazines and newspapers such as National Geographic, Vanity Fair and The Atlantic.[5]

Since 2009 Kranitz has been documenting the Appalachian region of America, whose inhabitants have been typecast as "down-and-out or undignified".[5] She "lives in Appalachia and creates images from her perspective as a participant-observer, immersing herself in the lives of the individuals depicted."[6] The series From The Study on Post-Pubescent Manhood shows young men at a dystopian compound in the Southern Ohio Appalachian region. Kranitz turns the "reckless, juvenile behavior [. . .] into activities imbued with symbolic importance, icons of social freedom. The lives and actions portrayed by her subjects are therefore simultaneously repellent and attractive."[7][8] The series As it Was Give(n) to Me, made in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia is "a dialogue about stereotypes: the mythology they create, their value and their role in society."[9][10] "Rather than portraying Appalachia as poverty-stricken or selectively focusing on its positive aspects, she sought to capture the complexity of rural, working-class life from a nuanced viewpoint."[5]

Publications
  • The Louisiana Cockfighters Manual. New York: self-published, 2010. Edition of 100 copies.
  • From the Study on Post-Pubescent Manhood. Canada: Straylight, 2013. Edition of 100 copies.[7]
  • Speak Your Piece. Here, 2016. ISBN 978-0993585333. Edition of 300 copies.
  • The Great Divide. Lightworks, 2017. With Zoe Strauss. 64-page zine.[11]
  • As it Was Give(n) to Me. Twin Palms, 2022. ISBN 978-1-936611-19-5.

Awards

Collections

Kranitz's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References
  1. "About". Stacy Kranitz. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  2. "Stacy Kranitz - People - The MFAH Collections". emuseum.mfah.org. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  3. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Best of 2016: Stacy Kranitz - It's All Personal". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  4. "CV". Stacy Kranitz. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  5. Elia, Christina (9 June 2022). "Intimate photos of working-class life in Appalachia". I-D. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  6. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Best of 2016: Stacy Kranitz - It's All Personal". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  7. "From The Study On Post-Pubescent Manhood". www.gupmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  8. "Stacy Kranitz: The Study on Post Pubescent Manhood". 29 July 2013. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  9. "As It Was Give(n) to Me - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  10. O'Hagan, Sean (9 October 2015). "Can a photostory on the Appalachians shuck the hillbilly stereotype?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  11. Tekeste, Semhal (26 December 2017). "Stacy Kranitz & Zoe Strauss on their Collaborative Examination of American Economic Decay". Photo District News. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  12. "Meet TIME's Instagram Photographer of 2015". Time. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  13. Hallenbeck, Gaelen. "Stacy Kranitz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  14. "Works - Stacy Kranitz - People - The MFAH Collections". mfah.org. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  15. Harvard. "Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
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