Frank Hamrick
This Machine Kills Fascism.  

Media: Artist's Book 

Artist Statement:
Over the past few years I have felt a growing need to address issues that not only impact myself, but others as well. This Machine Kills Fascism commemorates the 100th anniversary of the nineteenth amendment granting women the right to vote in the United States, while also confronting modern day voting issues as the 2020 election nears. The book aims to encourage voter participation especially among young people, women and those who have come to feel their vote does not make a difference.

Biography

Oxford American Magazine and NPR have written about Frank Hamrick’s art. His work is housed in institutions including The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, London. Frank is a professor and the MFA graduate program coordinator at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and has also taught at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina as well as the University of Georgia’s study abroad program in Cortona, Italy. His photography has been featured on magazine, book and record covers, including Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ Americana album Nashville Obsolete. Born in Georgia, Frank’s handmade books combine photography and storytelling with papermaking and letterpress printing to address time, relationships and home. Frank’s limited edition artist’s book of tintype images Harder than writing a good haiku earned the 2017 Houston Center for Photography Fellowship and was awarded first place in the 2017 Los Angeles Festival of Photography’s Photobook Competition.