Gone: First Pussy (4th_grade)

My first experience with full female nudity came in the 4th grade when a friend and I found the big kids' porn supply hidden in the woods. Our “First Pussy” was short-lived after my friend told his parents of our discovery. We had no idea of the joy porn would bring us nor the abuse that would be reigned in on children through the internet.

The Gone Series looks back to 50 years to memories of my childhood in the racially divided mill town of Concord, North Carolina. It highlights events and circumstances that I believe reflect our social evolution and invite comparisons between the past and the present. These comparisons can be viewed literally or metaphorically.

When compiling subjects for this series I tried to think of memorable scenarios that spoke to issues of today and to my responsibilities as a parent and grandparent.Also, I wanted to evoke the perspective of a child experiencing a world created for them by adults. An adult influence, good and bad, not only creates the moment but steers generations to come.