Rahim Fortune
Rahim Fortune (b.1994) was raised in Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. His documentary photo practice focuses on culture, geography and self expression in the American landscape. He currently lives and works between Austin Texas and Brooklyn NY.
Fortune has published two monographs with Loose Joints, Hardtack (March, 2024) which uplifts the long-enduring nature of Black culture and traditions in the American South across ten years of portraiture rooted in history and the landscape and I can’t stand to see you cry (April, 2021), an exploration of Texas and the surrounding states, as well as the people who are fixed within its complex landscape.
Fortune analyses relationships between family, friends and strangers, all caught in a flood of health and environmental issues while working to maintain grace. The artist uses his own personal experiences to explore the friction between public and private life, and the unspoken tensions in daily life through an approach rooted in the landscape. Moreover, Fortune’s biographical approach to photography attempts to unpack his own identity and experience in the midst of a pandemic, civil unrest, a cross-country move, a career, and the loss of a parent, thinking about both the future and past. I can’t stand to see you cry was nominated for the Paris Photo-Aperture Photobook of the Year and was listed as one of the Museum of Modern Art’s favorite photobooks of 2021. He is the recipient of the 2022 Louis Roederer Discovery Award at Les Recncontres d’Arles.
Praise Dancers, Edna, Texas, 2020
AME Church Interior, Tucker, Texas, 2022
Sams BBQ, Austin, Texas, 2016
Praying Cowboy, Gladewater Texas, 2021
Powerlines, Austin, Texas, 2022
Hungry Hill, Austin, Texas, 2022
Chas’s Grandmother, Houston, Texas, 2020
New Father, Gee’s Bend, Alabama, 2023
Fence Post, Rouch Rock, Texas, 2022
Deonte, New Sweden, Texas, 2022
Roger’s Hands, Charleston, South Carolina, 2021
Tinnie Pettway, Gee’s Bend, Alabama, 2023
Windmill House, Hutto, Texas, 2022
Mcgregor Park, Houston, Texas, 2021
Joshua, New Sweden, Texas, 2021
East MLK Blvd, Austin, Texas, 2021
Smoking Cowboy, Cheek, Texas, 2023
Sarah, Houston, Texas, 2020
Open Field, Hutto Texas, 2022
Brothers At Parade, Houston, Texas, 2023
Untitled Cowboy (Acres Homes), Houston, Texas, 2023
Reflections, Kyle, Texas, 2020
I can’t stand to see you cry, 2020
Painted Shack, 2019
Lindsay's Scarf, 2020
Line Me Up, 2020
Gem’s Arm, 2020
Father, 2020
Empty Bed, 2020
Billy & Minzly, 2020
Jazmyn, 2021
City Finance, 2020
Highway 290 Cowboys, 2019
Young Man in Seguin, Texas, 2020
Grain Elevator in Seguin, Texas, 2020
Grandmother & Aunts, 2020
Portrait of Billy, 2020
Physical Therapy, 2020
Martindale Water Tower, 2020
Barton Springs, 2020
Airport Blvd, 2020
Playboy, 2019
Tire Shop, 2020
Verde & Kay, 2020
Native America, Colbert, Oklahoma, 2019
Autumn Home, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Punching Bag, Ada, Oklahoma, 2019
Wooden Swing, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Uncle's Back, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Granny's Bedroom, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Wood Burning Stove, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Supper, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Propane Heater, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Untitled, Clarita, Oklahoma, 2019
Clothesline, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Grazing Horses, Tupelo, Oklahoma, 2018
Nixon Cemetery, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Vacant Filling Station, Wapanucka, Oklahoma, 2018
Hunting Dog, Tupelo, Oklahoma, 2019
CR3735, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Mother & Daughter, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Our Family, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Family Photos, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2018
Fading Mural, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 2019
Red River Bridge, Colbert, Oklahoma, 2019
Hardtack
Loose Joints Publishing, March 2024
144 pages
72 tritone plates, 238 x 287mm
Section-sewn clothbound debossed hardcover
Text by Imani Perry
ISBN 978-1-912719-55-6
I can't stand to see you cry
Loose Joints Publishing, April 2021
112 pages
58 tritone plates, 235 × 265mm
Printed embossed hardcover
ISBN 978-1-912719-25-9