In Cotton Ghosts, Hibbert turns to the quiet poetry of black-and-white photography. Sheets of cotton, draped and poised like silent sentinels, become haunting portraits. These “ghosts” recall the souls of enslaved Africans whose labor built the South’s wealth, folding their history into each crease and shadow. Stripped of myth, the images confront America’s complex relationship with its past while elevating cotton as both a material and a metaphor.

Through each image, the material becomes a conduit for ancestral presence—its woven fibers holding the weight of both oppression and resilience. The creases, ridges, and subtle tonal shifts echo the endurance of a people whose lives and labor were bound to this crop. These “ghosts” rise as witnesses, reminders, and symbols of a heritage stitched deep into the nation’s fabric.

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