BOTTOM OF DA BOOT by Kael Alford /backlog grounded in reality yet floating

grounded in reality yet floating above it

I appropriate various depictions of Black people that I find throughout the history of cartooning and juxtapose them with photographs that celebrate and line up more authentically with my Black experience

dedicated to the American watercolorist Charles E

Bottom of da Boot focuses on the people and places of the disappearing communities of Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe-aux-Chenes on Louisiana's fragile coastline

Normaltown is a casebound limited edition fine art photobook from Tim Davis

BOTTOM OF DA BOOT by Kael Alford /backlog grounded in reality yet floatingBottom of da Boot focuses on the people and places of the disappearing communities of Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe aux Chenes on Louisiana's fragile coastline. With photographs taken between 2005 and 2011, Kael Alford documents the lives of the people living in their eroding environment, as they honor the legacy of their Native American and French lineage.