The images in this series were created over five years starting in early 2015 to 2020, and they document the growth and change happening in Nashville during these years. Nashbuild is a living, breathing, project that changes and grows as the city does. The images tell a story about the transformations happening to the landscape, and spark questions about the people who inhabit these spaces.
read between the lines, 2018
Telephone lines and power lines are seen throughout the works intentionally. These lines connect old and new residents who are using the same power and cell lines to speak with friends and family, but the lines also seem to create a visible boundary.
reading between the lines, 2018
a sunny day, 2018
all fenced in, 2019
a cloudy day, a passage of time, 2019
a bus in north nashville, 2018
a home in buena vista, 2018
no drug parking, 2018
ed’s, 2019
the money is worthless, 2015
in the middle, 2015
in the middle, 2019
gentrification kills, 2015
gentrification kills, 2015
a fear in the first of the month, 2019
no more holler for family dollar, 2019
a changing landscape, 2019
elite south, 2019
elite south, 2019
a shifting perspective, 2019
a shifting perspective, 2019
nashbuilders, 2017
nashbuilders, 2017
yuppieville, 2019
yuppies this way, 2019
old sounds stadium, 2017
tj, 2019
TJ Caruthers, 2019
new and old, face to face, 2019
Omari Booker has created works of art that run parallel to the photos in this series, in that they showcase the divide that unregulated metropolitan growth has caused throughout history in the United States. While there may not be a clear answer or solution, having dialogue about the rapid growth of the city, its effects on locals, and the impacts on Nashville as a whole is crucial.
Omari and Hannah met in 2017, and began working together to document the city and speak with locals about the changes they were seeing and experiencing themselves. The two have since fostered a close friendship and continue to discuss, explore, and extrapolate new ideas by looking, not only at the ways they are different, but the ways in which they are the same.
Omari and Hannah, 2019
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