A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern (softcover)

A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern is the exhibition catalogue that accompanies the photography exhibition of the same name. Curated by Kenneth Scott, the exhibition features early-twentieth-century vernacular photographs of black New Brunswickers. First displayed at the Saint John Arts Centre in New Brunswick, Canada in 2024, the exhibition was reinstalled by Slavery North in 2026 at 50 Arrow Gallery in Easthampton, Massachusetts. This catalogue provides vital historical and cultural context about the relevance of photography for black individuals and communities in the Black Diaspora and the centuries-long presence of black populations in New Brunswick, Canada.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Kenneth Scott

Introduction: Black Self(re)-Identification and the Cataclysmic Rupture of Photography
Charmaine A. Nelson

Can the Subaltern Pose?: Kenneth Scott’s Historical Photography Collection of the Black Community in Saint John, New Brunswick
Chris J. Gismondi

Plates: Kenneth Scott Photography Collection

The Negro Settlements
Graham Nickerson

Statia: An Enslaved Black Woman on the Edge of Freedom
Harvey Amani Whitfield

Category: Exhibition Catalogue

Publication Date: 2026

Editor: Charmaine A. Nelson

Publisher: Black Maple Magazine Publishing, Amherst, MA, USA

ISBN: 979-8-9945300-0-9

Details: softcover, 116 pages

Figures: 5 colour, 102 black & white