Cookout, 2022 (Justin Carney)
When Justin Carney’s grandmother was alive, his family would get together all the time. His mom and aunt and uncles loved being around their mother – and each other. When she died, the grief hit each of the siblings in their own way, and for a long time, they didn’t see much of each other. Justin was in college at the time, studying art, and focusing on photography. He started taking pictures of his family. Through that process, his relationships with them changed, and their relationships with each other changed too.
Justin has an MFA in Studio Art from Indiana University, and he’s just started as an Assistant Professor of Photography at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. In this episode, we talk about what Justin’s grandmother meant to his family, the slippage between grief and guilt, why the challenges of making art can be a good way of working through all that.
Credits
Inner States is made by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get additional support from Eoban Binder, Natalie Ingalls, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Kayte Young and Lisa Robbin Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.
Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. We have additional music from the artists at Universal Production Music.