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<p><em>I have had the great privilege and opportunity of operating in that special space between the U.S. and “us” for decades—and if I have learned one thing, it is that there is only “us,” no “them.”—</em>Ken Burns,<em> Our America</em></p>

<p><em>I have had the great privilege and opportunity of operating in that special space between the U.S. and “us” for decades—and if I have learned one thing, it is that there is only “us,” no “them.”—</em>Ken Burns,<em> Our America</em></p>

In a show that ranges from Northern California to Laos, the Hmong American artist Pao Hua Her explores landscape, making a living and a peculiar kind of paradise.

Review of Donegal: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 by Pauric Travers (Four Courts Press, £22.50/€24.95) VISITORS who arrive in Donegal from countries elsewhere, including from Britain, wonder at the incongruity. It is Ireland’s northern-most county yet it is “in the South.” Surely it makes no geographical sense. Naturally, they ask why?  How come it wasn’t hived off with those other six counties that comprise 'Northern Ireland'? After all, it’s in Ulster, isn’t it?  Alt...

“History has this sort of really funny way of recycling,” Pao Houa Her says. “Hmong people are given these lands that are deemed uninhabitable, and they’re having to make do with what they have.”

Photographs were more than just pictures. While the inventors never intended more than to capture an image, the medium turned into a social force with far-reaching effects.

The Arts Partnership interviews the visual artist and trained biologist about his approach, influences and past work experience as a software engineer.

Her photos, whose subjects range from the Vietnamese countryside to the Rio Grande border, reveal hidden histories and elicit profound reconsiderations of the familiar. 

In many ways the history of the American West is the story of figuring out what was “out there.” While early explorers such as Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike are well known, the more…

Aurelia Gallery mounts All Under Heaven, showcasing striking images by master photographer Lois Conner of Navajo people and Navajo landscapes.