Vicksburg:  People, Places, and Moments.

An online exhibit of photos by Pat Shanahan and Will Hortman.

 

    The SCHF hosted Vicksburg: People, Places, & Moments, an exhibit of images taken by local photojournalists Pat Shannahan and Will Hortman, from August 11th through the 19th, 2000. For both photographers, the display offered an opportunity to share a unique view of the community.

    “Before moving to Vicksburg, I had never lived in the South,” Shannahan, a graduate of Arizona State University, noted. “I came to Vicksburg to experience southern culture and life.”

    For Hortman, a former Vicksburg resident who is currently a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the images capture elements of life in Vicksburg. “People always ask what it was like to live in Mississippi,” he commented. “I could never really explain it, so I took the opportunity to come back and photograph my hometown.”

 

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Will Hortman.  "Worker’s shadow cast while restoring the ballroom of the BB Club," June 2000

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Will Hortman.  "Worker takes trash out through side entrance of BB Club," June 2000

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Pat Shannahan.  "Blind blues player from Utica, Mississippi," Michelle’s Music Store in downtown Vicksburg.  "As a blind boy he mastered the guitar in ten months."

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Pat Shannahan.  "A towboat worker on Miss Kathy takes a break while working on Mississippi River," June 2000

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Pat Shannahan.  "Kenny Sterling, a towboat worker, looks up while attending to barges on the Miss Kathy."

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Will Hortman.  "Chef from Duff Green Tavern takes a break to watch Miss Mississippi Parade."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Fishermen hold up 87-pound catfish caught by rod and reel on the Mississippi River.  This was just a few pounds lighter than the state record."

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Pat Shannahan.  "U.S. flag flies on the Mississippi River at sunset.  Taken on Miss Kathy."

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Will Hortman.  "Pouting during a 4th of July Celebration... a parade at a local Vicksburg school."

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Pat Shannahan.  "St. Aloyisius graduating seniors make way down escalator at the Vicksburg Convention Center to commencement ceremony."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Man gets caught up in the moment during a prayer in honor of the National Day of Prayer."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Pat Shannahan self portrait on the Mississippi River on board Miss Kathy."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Deckhand on Miss Kathy secures safety lines while tending barges."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Boy kisses pet squirrel for the last time before releasing it back into the wild."

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Will Hortman.  "Mother attaches swim cap on daughter’s head before swim meet at the City pool."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Girls await the start of the Miss Mississippi parade in downtown Vicksburg."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Will Hortman in his car in Vicksburg."

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Will Hortman.  Taken in Yazoo City.  No other information available.

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Will Hortman.  "Civil War re-enactor who was participating at National Military Park."

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Will Hortman.  "Child in public housing in Vicksburg."

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Will Hortman.  "Junior rushed to fill customers order at Burger Village in downtown Vicksburg."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Dancers are silhouetted while rehearsing for the Miss Mississippi pageant, which is held in Vicksburg every year."

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Will Hortman.  "A shoe shiner in Port Gibson."

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Will Hortman.  "Little girl cool off in a fountain in the City pool on a hot summer day."

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Will Hortman.  "Vicksburg residents enjoy the nice weather on their front porch."

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Pat Shannahan.  "Little boy looks up during a group prayer held before a neighborhood block party."

 

More about the photographers:

Pat Shannahan, graduated from Arizona State University in December 1999 with a degree in photojournalism.  He was photo editor for The Vicksburg Post, from February 13, 2000, to March 7, 2001.  He currently works at The Arizona Republic, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Shannahan may be reached via email at pshannahan@yahoo.com.

Will Hortman grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi.  He is currently studying photojournalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia.  Hortman interned at The Vicksburg Post during the summer of 2000.  Hortman may be reached via email at wjhortman@hotmail.com.