BLACK DIAMONDS by Rich-Joseph Facun /big-discount Laura Noel

Laura Noel

Supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship

Featuring text by Tim Davis

and climate grief

exploring how the earth itself shapes the narrative of the region

BLACK DIAMONDS by Rich-Joseph Facun /big-discount Laura NoelBlack Diamonds is a personal endeavor to connect with the Appalachian region Facun now calls home. As a person of color, he defines his community based on personal experience diverging from the stereotypes of race, religion, gender, and politics that are often attached to the region by outsiders. His images hint at life as it once was, sharing the hyperrealism of what it is today and the uncertainty of what it is to become in the coal mining boomtowns