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The series draws on the sinister imagination of nineteenth and twentieth century ‘murder ballads’, which are ominous songs written about murders of women in the region. Potter funnels the disturbing energy and setting of these songs into her photographs, centring female subjects within her narrative recreations of this culturally specific phenomenon. Taken together, her riverscape photographs and portraits reveal the gender dynamics and power structures that imbue the southern landscape.\n\nHer dark and brooding photographs reference the commodification of violence against women expressed in the songs and evoke the creeks and rivers that are frequently the scenes of the crimes. Potter’s haunting portraits represent the often-anonymous women in these ballads, prompting reflection on the persistence of misogynistic violence in America culture.","physicalDescription":"Black and white photograph of a woman in a blouse wringing her hair with both hands. 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