“‘No More’ combines extant art in two forms: photography and song. The image is of Peter, who escaped from Louisiana slavery in 1863 to join the Union Army and was photographed during his medical examination for enlistment. It is purportedly the single photograph most widely circulated by the abolitionists. The song, from the same era, is sung here by Paul Robeson.”

— Mary Hamill

Editorial assistance by Fletch Fay.
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Mary Hamill has created socially engaged artwork over the past three decades with marginalized populations including homeless people in Boston, Cambodian war widows, rural Vietnamese villagers, and Chinese elders. Her projects proceed from her award-winning career in higher education reform. Hamill is formerly the director of the Bernstein Gallery at Princeton University.