Olivia Rae Harris

There She Is, Miss America critically examines power embedded in the visual culture of contemporary American life, using portraiture and landscape photography to illustrate how symbols, identity, and objects influence the collective and individual sense of belonging. The artist documents subliminal symbols of power through aesthetic allure to question American values. Utilizing stillness, her images respond to the ever-changing socio-political landscape- her perspective desiring a slower articulation of her surroundings and others. Primarily exploring landscapes of rural Ohio and making portraits in the quiet streets of New York, the photographs search for a glimmer of hope within bleak surroundings.

Olivia Rae Harris is a photographer who resides between Ohio and New York. Her birthday on July 4th has influenced her practice, which ruminates on American identity and visual culture.