Family 01: Maw Maw Ramsey.

Aug 11

(C)2006 Rash Photo
I love my grandma, and I've always admired her enthusiasm and knowlege of growing beautiful flowers and vegetables. I learned more about gardening from my grandparents than any book or website I attempted to study as I constructed my beds in Greensboro. I asked Maw Maw to pose for me during my last visit home, and after loading in my CF card I look up to discover her sticking flowers in her hair and cracking jokes about how she "looks like a ho." Regretfully, I was not equipped to record those comments, but these photos serve to capture the moment and the laughter that followed her gag. Like I said before, I love my Maw Maw.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com

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