ECVA - Frank Logue - Stories from the Road

Solidarity

Photograph

Artist Statement: In August 2020, my wife, Victoria, and I hit the road west to drive to Arizona to visit our daughter, planning to make the journey part as important as the visit and to drive a substantial part of Route 66. As we crossed into Memphis, Tennessee, we saw a sign for the Lorraine Motel and the National Civil Rights Museum and felt that we needed to exit, though it was unplanned. As we pulled up in the early morning to a site closed for pandemic, we saw another group making pilgrimage to the site of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s martyrdom. I heard some of the group speaking Kiswahili, which I know a little of from serving as an intern in the Anglican Church in Tanzania while in seminary. I learned the group was a mix of people from East Africa, with others they met in the Bronx, who drove from New York to visit the site. They asked me to photograph their visit and I felt doing so was keeping a divine appointment that was what drew us onto the exit ramp. Victoria and I felt a kinship with these fellow pilgrims and gratitude for being on a journey with them.

Bio: Frank Logue is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia.