Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water

Andrea Morales (b. 1984) (she/her/ella) is a queer, Latiné documentary photographer and photojournalist whose work focuses on social movements, community, and everyday magic in Memphis and the wider American South. Born in Lima, Peru, Morales grew up in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood and is currently based in Memphis. She received a BS in Journalism and a certificate in Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, an MA in Visual Communication at Ohio University, and an MFA in Documentary Expression from the University of Mississippi. She has worked in newsrooms across the United States, and her photos have been featured in outlets including The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, NBC News, ProPublica, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, TIME Magazine, and The New York Times. She currently serves as the Visuals Director at MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit newsroom in Memphis reporting on the intersections of poverty, power, and public policy. Her work has been exhibited across the country and is held in public and private collections including The Do Good Fund, Memphis International Airport, and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. (Photo Credit: Lucy Garrett)

Dr Rosamund Garrett is the Chief Curator at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Born in the United Kingdom, Rosamund gained her undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, before joining The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, for her MA (2011-12), and PhD (2012-2016). There she specialized in the art of Northern Europe in the Late Medieval and Renaissance period. Dr Garrett has worked in various museum positions in the UK including The National Trust and The Courtauld Gallery in London, working primarily with European Art and global contemporary art. In November 2018, Dr Garrett moved to Memphis. Here, she has worked on exhibitions including Power & Absence: Women in Europe, 1500 - 1680, Mona Hatoum: Misbah, and On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger.