“Re:Seeing” was begun as a Tumblr in 2014 to explore Meehan’s process and all that she was learning as she met, interviewed, and photographed the people who would be represented in her series. In each piece, her voice is present alongside that of the person photographed, allowing Meehan to account for her own subjectivities during this journey of trying to understand others. Her ultimate goal is that the people who have worked with her will see themselves reflected authentically in the final production of her work.
Molly – Providence, RI
My family jokes that I rarely want to photograph white people. They make fun of me, pointing out individuals – an elderly woman in African dress, a young…
Stephanie and Ashley – Providence, RI
It is the week in 2017 of the Charlottesville protests: white men and women with torches spewing spittle and rage, three people ending up dead. It feels as…
Styles – Providence, RI
Styles remembers being a child in Wakefield, growing up in a small cottage near the ocean, with an outhouse at the back and a fire burning in the…
Imam Alli-Owe – Providence, RI
When I first met Imam Alli-Owe, he was wearing a kelly-green T-shirt over a white prayer robe. Bold white letters on the front of the shirt spelled: Your…
Annye – Providence, RI
I’m sitting in my car in Washington Park, in front of a big white house with red trim, and I can’t believe what I see: Annye is walking…
Bidur – Providence, RI
What is it that I should tell you? Should I describe the way the bombs sounded, or name the friends and neighbors killed? Should I list what she…
Providence Installation 2015
SEEN/UNSEEN Installation With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in conjunction with the Providence International Arts Festival, eight portraits from Seen/Unseen have been installed as large-scale…
Marina Installation
Marina was one of eight people who agreed to having her photograph reproduced on a large-scale banner, amid the public bustle of downtown Providence. As an Orthodox Jewish woman…
Marina – Providence, RI
On the East Side, clustered around the Providence Hebrew Day School, on Elmgrove Avenue, is an enclave of Orthodox Jews. I live near there, and when I walk…
Thaun – Providence, RI
My friend Molly is from Cambodia. She is very active within the Southeast Asian community in Rhode Island. I told her I was making portraits of Providence people, and…
Omowunmi – Providence, RI
Omowunmi is a soldier, a mechanic in the U.S. Army. Her specialty is “light-weight vehicles”: trucks, trailers, Humvees. She has been stationed at Fort Campbell and Fort Bragg,…
Li Li – Providence, RI
My sons play baseball at the fields on Gano Street. I recently ran into a guy there I’d known in graduate school, whose name is Thom. I’d never…