Category: Unto the Raptured Eye
Examinations of Sacred Harp’s visual culture.
“Much More than the Songs”: The Sacred Harp Photographs of Robert Chambless
Sacred Harp singing is an aural, musical experience, but as the sheer presence of cameras at singings suggests, it is visual as well. There is plenty to see. We watch the song leaders; we glance at each other across the hollow square; the abundance of dinner on the grounds delights our eyes; and later, we…