Every Hard Sweetness

InEvery Hard Sweetness, Carter-Jones chronicles Civil Rights eraatrocities through the story ofherfamilys experience with an all-too-common practice in which Black men werewrongfullyincarcerated in institutions for the criminally insane.The result is a stunning work reflecting onrace,criminalization, and the devastating consequences of a Black fathersincarceration on hispsyche and family, specifically his Black daughter.Told through a mixture of photography,ekphrasis, and erasure,Carter-Jones powerful collection creates an extraordinary record ofherfamilys life at a time of great suffering and upheaval.