Red Rock in Exhibition

Written By John Rash

In early September I was lucky enough to attend Photoshop World in Las Vegas. Having one extra day to spend before returing to North Carolina I decided to escape the lights and crowds of the strip and to hike around Red Rock Canyon. Spending the day hiking through a thunderstorm the clouds finally parted in the afternoon and gave an incredible light to the landscape. I captured some fantastic photos of the mountains, including the panoramic seen below.

©2011 John Rash

Coincidentially, I was also invited to exhibit work in this year's Randolph Art's Guild annual invitational in October, so this image became the obvious choice for the show. It's not usual that an image gets to be shown so soon after it's initial creation. Below is an image of myself with Art's Guild Executive Director Derrick Sides during the exhibit opening reception on October 4th, 2011. 

 

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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