Arundo Donax

Sally Mann

1988

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First Baptist Church of Eufaula, Alabama
Flag on pink satin with gold sequin background depicts a male Vodou priest (houngan) climbing a tree reaching toward a bottle suspended from a branch; female Vodou priest (mambo) in a in white dress and red head-wrap stands on the ground below the man, holding implements in her hand. The veve, or graphic sign for the "loa" Grand Bois located in lower right; house with steeply sloped roof and additional trees in background. Other ritual objects at base of tree and suspended from branch.
Otis and Willie Mae Hicks' Store, near Greensboro, Alabama, October 1996, William Christenberry, chromogenic print
Dream of Fear, William Christenberry, Published by Rolling Stone Press, lithograph