photojournalism

Her story and name, JonBenet Ramsey, is most often represented as a gold standard for bungled law enforcement investigations or in discussing the most heinous of crimes against children. JonBenet is referenced today, in article about the “Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood,” exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, as Kansas City Trib editor finds JonBenet's likeness there in a photo by Sage Sohier--






Childhood from the Inside Out: Photography at the Nelson-Atkins
Published in the Kansas City Tribune
by Steve Shapiro

"...Knowing the facts of the photograph change one’s feeling toward it...

The difference is not only in the photographer; it is a difference in what a child represents at a certain age, in a certain age.

If the contemporary pictures such as Sage Sohier’s “Girl being prepared for a horse show, Sandwich, NH, 2004” (a large color image of a tiny JonBenet Ramsey look-alike standing still while adults cater to her outfit) send out a postmodern vibe of distress, a series of works circa World War II evoke the most complicated responses in the show.[...read more]