A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern

A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern is the exhibition catalogue that accompanies the photography exhibition of the same name. The exhibition was curated by Kenneth Scott and features early-twentieth-century vernacular photographs of black New Brunswickers. The exhibition was first put on display at the Saint John Arts Centre in New Brunswick in 2024. Reinstalled by Slavery North in 2026 at 50 Arrow Gallery in Easthampton, Massachusetts, this catalogue provides vital historical and cultural context about the relevance of photography for black individuals and communities in the Black Diaspora and the centuries-long presence of black populations in New Brunswick, Canada.

Table of Contents

Charmaine A. Nelson, Editor

Foreword
Kenneth Scott

Introduction: Black Self(re)-Identification and the Cataclysmic Rupture of Photography
Charmaine A. Nelson

Can the Subaltern Pose?: Kenneth Scott’s Historical Photography Collection of the Black Community in Saint John, New Brunswick
Chris J. Gismondi

Plates: Kenneth Scott Photography Collection

The Negro Settlements
Graham Nickerson

Statia: An Enslaved Black Woman on the Edge of Freedom
Harvey Amani Whitfield

Available in February 2026!

Cite this Exhibition Catalogue: Charmaine A. Nelson, ed., A Time, a Place, Our Gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern (Amherst, MA: Black Maple Magazine Publishing, forthcoming February 2026)