“Thank You For Your Service?” Biblio Gallery Exhibit

The new Biblio Gallery exhibit on the 4th floor of Bird Library features Ryan Mitchell’s photo biography experiences, titled ”Thank You For Your Service?”

“Thank You, For Your Service?” explores memory culminating in frustration, anger and violence, which led to emotional withdrawal and physical stress from Mitchell’s military service experiences. He works with the 4×6 photographs taken on deployments during his four years in the Marines, utilizing collage techniques to express the fragmentation resulting from these memories. These recollections are a view into goals never achieved, training for a war never seen, the transition of being thrown back into civilian life, and the haunting regret and self-doubt while seeking new potential and purpose.