Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Twins

Artist Preston Gannaway (American, born 1977)

CultureAmerican

Date2013

MediumArchival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl paper with Canon Lucia ink

DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (31.8 × 47.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

SignedSigned, titled, and numbered in pencil on verso

PortfolioEdition 2 of 8 from the series "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2017.15.1

Not on view

DescriptionDepicts two girls wearing bikinis and laying on the sand. They look away from the camera towards a barge carrying a crane.
Label TextPreston Gannaway American, born 1977 clockwise from top left Baptism, 2013 Archival pigment print (photograph) The genie and the sumo wrestler, 2009 Archival pigment print (photograph) Shriners, 2010 Archival pigment print (photograph) Twins, 2013 Archival pigment print (photograph) In these four photographs, Preston Gannaway depicts Norfolk’s Ocean View neighborhood, where she lived for several years, highlighting the area’s complex social and economic identity. The strong contrasts demonstrate how the social fabric of Ocean View is intertwined with the beach and bay, and how the experience of a particular place can unify people. As she says, “I had never seen a place so eclectic as Ocean View. I find its imperfections attractive, and perhaps more importantly, truthful. As a hairdresser here once put it to me, ‘A place so diverse must be forgiving.’” Museum purchase 2017.15.3, .4, .2, and .1ProvenanceArtist; purchased by Chrysler Museum of Art, June 2017.Exhibition History"5 Years of Photography: Building the Chrysler Collection," Photography & Focus Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 26 - November 10, 2019. "Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund," Chrysler Museum of Art, August 11, 2023 - November 5, 2023.