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Aaron Blum

Born and Raised
  • Location:
    Pittsburgh, PA, United States
  • Schools Attended:
    Syracuse University
    West Virginia University
About Aaron Blum

I am an eighth generation West Virginian, and I create art deeply linked to my home. Most of my work centers around a single question, what does it mean to be Appalachian? Through this question I address many different artistic concepts from idealized memory vs. stereotypes to ideas of folk taxonomy. My creation process is a diversified approach of image-based media to create a glimpse into my own concepts of Appalachia, and the social fabric of a very large and misrepresented people and place.

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  • The Prevailing Winds of Hills and Heritage
    Aaron Blum
    “Appalachia…a place where you can wash away sin in cool stream waters, where corpse birds come to ferry away souls to the next life, where rocks burn and kudzu conceals.” A personal look at the deeply rooted culture of this unique region.
  • Born and Raised
    Aaron Blum
    FOAM Talent Aaron Blum offers his thoughts on visual storytelling and the changing definitions of documentary photography in this extended, widely informative conversation.
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