North County Times Article
by: Patricia Morris Buckley
Escondido is a long way from the slums of Cincinnati where photographer Major Morris grew up during the 1930s. But he still remembers those early days, and that’s the basis of his latest solo show, “Urbana.”
“Major Morris: Urbana” —- opening Saturday at ArtHatch at Distinction Gallery —- is a collection of 23 black-and-white photographs that Morris took in the ’60s and early ’70s.
Although Morris’ photographs have been shown many times in North County over the past 20 years, the ArtHatch exhibit features many photographs never shown before locally, according to exhibit curator and gallery owner Melissa Inez Walker.
“I went through hundreds of negatives to choose 13 I have never seen printed and that are also not included in his book,” Walker said, referring to Morris’ new book of photographs, “Nurture Their Dreams,” which he’ll be signing for buyers at an opening reception Saturday.
Many of the photographs in “Urbana” feature children playing in the suburbs of Boston and Philadelphia.
“I was an urban child,” said Morris, now 90 years old and retired in Escondido. “This was something I knew something about. I was fascinated with these children and remembering myself at the age when we could make something out of nothing.”
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