© Joanne Petrina

Sound Transit is partnering with the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Open Society Institute to exhibit the work of local photographers Peter de Lory and Joanne Petrina.

The immense human effort involved in building a regional mass transit system is captured on film by Peter de Lory, Sound Transit’s Photographer in Residence. In this collection of photographs, he focuses on construction of Link light rail, a system that links downtown Seattle to Sea-Tac International Airport. De Lory's images reveal the quickly forgotten tasks that collectively create major infrastructure.

Link light rail will run for four miles along the Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the Rainier Valley. It was in this richly diverse neighborhood that Joanne Petrina found inspiration for her work. Over the last four years, she photographed first-generation immigrant residents and learned about their experiences of journeying to and living in the U.S. Told in their own words, these stories individually and collectively provide a poignant, thought-provoking perspective of our society’s struggle with immigration and what it means to live in America. Petrina is a 2006 OSI Documentary Photography Distribution Grant recipient.

A reception will be held Wednesday, September 19, from 4:30 - 6 p.m. The exhibit is open to the public weekdays 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Location

Seattle City Hall
600 Fourth Avenue at James Street