From Yonder Wooded Hill

Candela's backroom will feature a solo exhibition from local photographer Riley Goodman. Goodman’s latest narrative project and photo book, From Yonder Wooded Hill, uses the artist’s own family history as a vehicle to explore the power of folklore over the course of time.

“From my ancestral West Virginia and North Carolina to the Patapsco River Valley of Maryland where I was raised, my family conjured superstitions and stories to make sense of their world. Walking on opposite sides of a pole splits two peoples' souls; it's customary to pray over floodwaters, and proper etiquette in the presence of a ghost involves asking, "What in the name of God do you want?" Growing up, I accepted this folklore as commonplace but came to understand with age that these stories were unique to a working-class, Appalachian culture.”