“Working Hands: An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams,”*

 

 

 

The B.F. and Mary Payne Fund for the Preservation of Texas Culture is proud

to sponsor the exhibition currently on display in the M.P. Baker Library at

Panola College. The exhibit is organized by Humanities Texas, the state

affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

 

 

In “Working Hands,” Rick Williams captures images of workers and work

places in three diverse industries that constitute the three pillars of the

Texas economy: ranching, oil and technology.  These 40 finely detailed

photographs, along with supplementary print and video resources, contribute

to an understanding of the workers who reshaped the landscape from

boundless prairie to ranches, farms, towns and cities.  Williams’ images

evoke a powerful sense of what it must feel like to engage in the work

depicted, as well as the unique character each industry brings to the Texas

landscape.

 

 

 

Humanities Texas develops and supports diverse programs across the state,

including lectures, oral history projects, teacher institutes, traveling

exhibitions and documentary films. For more information, please visit

Humanities Texas online at

 

http://www.humanitiestexas.org or call 512.440.1991.

 

 

 

The exhibition is free and will be available to the public October 3, 2016

to November 11, 2016.   For more information about viewing hours or to

arrange group visits, contact Cristie Ferguson, Director of Library

Services at 903-693-2091 or cferguson@panola.edu.