Exhibitions

Working Hands: An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams
 

Hand on the Saddle, by Rick Williams, 1981.

Manual labor reshaped the Texas landscape from boundless prairie to ranches, farms, towns, and cities. Human hands produced the goods and income that kept the economy going. Work formed, and continues to form, communities of people who come together to get a job done. These images suggest fascinating stories about work and workers.

Exhibition

Photographer Rick Williams has captured images of workers and work places in three diverse industries that constitute the three pillars of the Texas economy: ranching, oil, and technology. Working Hands: An Exhibition of Photographs by Rick Williams features forty finely detailed photographs that evoke a powerful sense of what it must feel like to engage in the work depicted, as well as the unique character each industry brings to the Texas landscape. Panel topics include:

• Equipment
• Starting the day
• Workplaces
• Occupational signals
• Consultations
• Trouble-shooting
• Teamwork
• Working alone
• Relaxation

Working Hands is an exhibition organized by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibition Format

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Print Materials

A specified number of print materials are provided with this exhibition at no additional cost. Additional copies of these materials may be obtained for a nominal fee:

• 50 illustrated brochures featuring an essay on the meanings of occupations
• 10 posters featuring an eloquent black and white image of human hands at work

Publicity Materials

Press release

Working Hands press release

Publicity image

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Humanities Texas logos

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