Melodie McDaniel

by Daniel Austin Warren Jo Ann Callis, Salt, Pepper, Fire, 1980 With a large grouping of esteemed photographers—Jo Ann Callis, Tania Franco Klein, Kennedi Carter, Graciela Iturbide, Katsumi Watanabe and others— it’s the curator, not the artists, who moderates the conversation. In a world defined by schisms and polarities, and a year-long hiatus on reality, “Loosely Stated” suggests a taciturn yet stimulating alternative to slackening mores, a pomerium free from constellated hatreds. With its many single-subject photos of women and by women, of men and women of color by women...