Dana Moody
Dana Moody’s obsession for architectural studies began at a young age and has formed both her career as a professor of interior architecture and her creative endeavors as a photographer. Her latest work, Havana: Behind the Façade, has resulting in 4 solo exhibitions, participation in 12 group exhibitions, 2 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 2 conference presentations. The documentary was recognized with 2 awards. Dr. Moody is a Full Professor in Interior Architecture & Design at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She received a BS in Interior Design from the University of Southern Mississippi, a MS in Interior Design with a minor in Art (Museology) and a PhD in Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. www.dana-moody.com
Artist Statement
Dr. Dana Moody uses photography as visual anthropology to capture architectural details and surrounding ethnographic conditions. In 2017 & 2018 Dana was awarded residency with Unpack Studio in Havana, CU where she conducted a photographic documentary project entitled Havana: Behind the Façade. While documenting the current state of Havana’s architecture, Dana became unable to separate the human experience from the architecture, itself. Extreme poverty and lack of resources forces most Cubans to live in dilapidated buildings that are unsanitary and unsafe. Cuba is a complex, contradictory, confounding place, yet the resiliency of the Cuban people is evident as they make do with and live in buildings that would be condemned in North America. Havana: Behind the Façade serves as a tool to build awareness of these atrocities that exist for a people who feel forgotten by the rest of the world.
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