Ben Weaver is a graphic designer and art director that came to guest lecture at the University.
He is the art director for The Wire magazine and came to talk to us about various photographic projects that he has worked on, mainly foucusing on documentry photography.
One of the projects that Ben Weaver talked about was Stacy Kranitzs book called Speak Your Piece.
Her project is based around the Appalachian mountains of North America. It combines Stacy Kranitzs photography with an archive of collected images, text, drawings, and objects that represent the history and people of the area.
This documentary project gives a voice to the people that live a unique life in a rural mountain area.