Reed Klass
Deb Achak
Jimmy Lam
Alexander Bronfer
James Hendrick
Bredun Edwards
Marco Ciocca
Sissie Chang
Elisabetta Citterio
ARTIST: REED KLASS
PROJECT: "AMERICA IS LIKE HEAVEN"
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
“America is Like Heaven” documents African refugees who are creating community and preserving an African way of life in the Northwestern United States. A group of Congolese people who have been resettled to Missoula, Montana in recent years stand as a microcosm amongst countless people groups across the United States being constantly resettled to new cities. Yet Missoula, a mountain town nestled in the heart of the Rockies and its small, almost entirely white population starkly contrast the skylines and already-diverse populations of long-established refugee havens in the US, shedding a fresh perspective on the well-worn topic of immigration.
ARTIST BIO
Reed began a career of working to document marginalized people groups, religion and the human condition at age 18, and he continues this work today at 22. Ultimately he seeks to exhibit empathy for humanity through his work. He holds a BA in journalism from the University of Montana and works as a documentary photographer in Washington, D.C.