Dawn Majors
Dawn Majors
You have to give over a part of yourself in order to get what you need from your subjects, is what I tell anyone that asks me for advice on photography. A good friend of mine once described the relationship between subject and artist as a seduction. He called us beautiful liars.
I had fairly humble beginnings as the daughter of a hog farmer and brick masons son, who married a girl from the “good” side of the tracks. They had four children and I’m the second of the brood. I’m a serious sort, always have been. As a child I was considered “quaint and curious,” by my parents and I suppose that same curiosity fuels my photography. Well, that and emotions. I need moments like I need air, my aim is always to capture the spirit of the subject. Basically, I’m a storyteller.
Dawn Majors is an African-American Photographer, a shy dreamer who began her budding interest in photography as a sophomore in high school. A graduate of Western Kentucky University’s Photojournalism program she spent nearly a decade working at the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, where she documented everything from abject poverty to politics. With majors in both photojournalism and anthropology, when people ask why she chose to study both she says,”I figured with both skills I could always take pictures of people, or their bones.” A native of Nashville, she is currently working as a photographer for the State of Tennessee.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
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Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.
Dawn Majors. Cell phone print.