Context Projects proudly announces “Soon Reach” by Russell C. Hamilton - opening August 23 and on view through October 12.

Marking the first solo presentation of works by photographer/filmmaker Russell C. Hamilton (@russham), “Soon Reach” is a dispatch from Jamaica — intimate and quietly electric. It asserts that Jamaica and its people are amongst the most vibrant in the world, and that Hamilton exists in that pulse.

In his photography, he captures what he knows: the small details of daily life, the gestures that serve as shorthand between kin, the resplendent pageantry of Carnival. His images are both archival and alive, simultaneously anthropological and devotional, because they come from within the place they describe. There is an innate curiosity in Hamilton’s work, as he subtly alternates between participant and observer — approaching each subject with a sincere reverence, attending to value where others glance away.