Artist Statement: These portrait collages are created from 3 centuries of photography and reference court paintings from the Middle Ages and early American folk art. I combine my photography with historic imagery, telling stories that, through symbolism, explore themes of nature, race, home, sexuality, religion, death and the afterlife.My interests lie in the flawed processes and alluring characters found in the daguerreotypes, tintypes, and albumen prints of early photography. The poses, expressions, attire, landscapes and architecture are among the elements I digitally combine with my photography to create these mysterious stories. Artist Bio: Knox’s current work combines his photography with historic imagery creating digital collages. He completed his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. In 2018 he won the Louisiana Contemporary Helis Foundation Art Prize at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. In 2019 he was awarded the Fine Art Photographer of the Year by the International Photography Awards. Knox was a finalist in the Critical Mass Awards in 2021 and received the Bronze Award in 2023 and the Gold Award in 2024 in the Prix de la Photographie Paris in Paris, France for his portrait collage series Tableaux Montage. He has taught photography since 1996 and is represented by galleries in Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina.