The Rufus King Park Project
The Rufus King Park Project
The Rufus King Park Project (2021) is a photo documentary series by photographer Laila Annmarie Stevens about the property of Rufus King Park in Jamaica, Queens. Stevens uses image-making to question the colonial repercussions of ownership, justice, and freedom using environmental textures uncommonly associated with the real estate property price and zip code of today’s Jamaica, Queens residents. $592,000 is the median price of a home in the neighborhood, this compares to the $12,000 used by Federalist and Massachusetts Delegate Rufus King to purchase the now 11.5-acre park.
