The Huber Arts Center is set to present a new photography exhibit, ‘Signature of the Spirit’ by Chester Higgins, in The Kauffman Gallery on Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Higgins, a photographer and author portrays the “dignity of the African American and African diasporic communities” in stunning black and white photographs like the one pictured from 1984, titled, ‘Ouida.’
Higgins’ photographs depict people who are simply living. Sometimes they seem unaware of the photographer’s presence, and this allows the depth of their soul to come through. The work invites questions about the weight of the subject’s mind, their inner selves.
“When I’m photographing, I feel time begin to shift between the present, the past, and the future — which is the nature of the Spirit,” Higgins said in an interview on his website. “My challenge is to reveal the Spirit’s fleeting presence.”
