At Table

  • Dates
    2004 - 2019
  • Author
  • Locations Mexico, Canada, England, Serbia, China, Geneva, Kuching, Nanjing, San Diego, Dayton, Ensenada, Ciudad Juárez, Utah, Ohio, Toronto, Liverpool, London, California

The tables of my youth were compact, plastic, and single-serve - meant to be folded and put away, then quickly reassembled in time for dinner and prime time television. We had a leaf to accommodate guests at holiday feasts, but these occasions were rare in our smalltown home, where a single working mom and her only child alternated among frozen dinners, stews and spaghetti. The ongoing photographic series At Table arose from a desire to both add further family to these tables and cultivate relationships across cultures and borders with others who didn’t necessarily look or talk like me. The result is hundreds of still photographs that document the in-between, when ordinary moments come alive through gestures and expressions, food and drink. In locations scattered throughout North America, Europe and Asia, I have used my lens to navigate from a place that is local in depth but global in breadth. As an invited guest or active participate within this messy contingency of place settings, bottles and placemats, I have forged 'tablescapes' to make connections with friends and former strangers, creating a family album that defies traditional definition and conventional posing. 2020 was set to be a productive year, with travels to old tables in new places and series completion in sight. Instead, the work went on hiatus and reemerged within geographies opening back up to bridge our shared social distance. All images in this newest collection have been made since the pandemic in different cities, states or countries. Each stands testimony to the resilience of human togetherness and serves as a unique site of physical connection in an increasingly polarized world. At Table also continues to offer catalyst for conversation within my work as an artist educator and food justice advocate. Thus, rather than wrapping up, the long-term project forges ahead in its quest to reveal aspects of the human condition that collide and converge in a shared, familiar place – the table.

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #98 (London, England)
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At Table #98 (London, England)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #119 (Dayton, Ohio)
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At Table #119 (Dayton, Ohio)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #110 (Yangshuo, China)
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At Table #110 (Yangshuo, China)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #110 (Ensenada, Mexico)
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At Table #110 (Ensenada, Mexico)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #13 (San Diego, California)
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At Table #13 (San Diego, California)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #205 (Liverpool, England)
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At Table #205 (Liverpool, England)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #133 (Dayton, Ohio)
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At Table #133 (Dayton, Ohio)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #202 (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico)
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At Table #202 (Ciudad Juarez, Mexico)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #40 (Sarawak, Malaysia)
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At Table #40 (Sarawak, Malaysia)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #110 (Toronto, Canada)
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At Table #110 (Toronto, Canada)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #122 (Geneva, Switzerland)
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At Table #122 (Geneva, Switzerland)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #66 (Nanjing, China)
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At Table #66 (Nanjing, China)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #118 (Ogden, Utah)
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At Table #118 (Ogden, Utah)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #77 (Dayton, Ohio)
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At Table #77 (Dayton, Ohio)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #14 (Zrenjanin, Serbia)
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At Table #14 (Zrenjanin, Serbia)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #2 (West Hollywood, California)
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At Table #2 (West Hollywood, California)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #122 (Ensenada, Mexico)
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At Table #122 (Ensenada, Mexico)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #3 (La Mesa, California)
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At Table #3 (La Mesa, California)

© Glenna Jennings - At Table #61 (Troy, Ohio)
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At Table #61 (Troy, Ohio)

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