Original exhibition · Walla Walla Community College · 2026
The artwork behind the story.
Lost and Found: Emerging from the Ink brought together 84 photographic and mixed-media works exploring identity, accountability, and the possibility of transformation. These selected images offer a window into the exhibition.
Selected images provided by artist Jon P. Saunders. Content note: some collage imagery documents historic white supremacist tattoos in the context of rejecting those beliefs.
From the exhibition
Five supplied images: original collage, portraits, archival documentation, and newspaper coverage. Select a picture to open it.
A mixed-media piece combining portrait photography, typography, and the language of growth.
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An exhibition collage using portraiture and found words to explore identity and change.
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A contemporary portrait included among the materials shared for the exhibition gallery.
View image ↗The following archival portrait documents tattoos and beliefs that the artist is deliberately leaving behind. It is shown to confront hate and make personal change visible, not to celebrate those symbols.
Content notice: Historical white supremacist symbols appear in this photograph. This is archival documentation of a past being rejected, not an endorsement.
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May 21, 2026 Walla Walla Union-Bulletin press clipping showing the installed exhibition at WWCC. Newspaper content credited to the publisher.
Read original article ↗02 / Archival context
Documenting what is being left behind
The archival portrait above shows historical white supremacist tattoos. The artist includes this documentation to confront harm and discuss accountability, education, tattoo removal, and the possibility of change. These symbols are not endorsed by the exhibition.
03 / In the press
The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin published a photograph of the exhibition at Walla Walla Community College on May 21, 2026. The image remains on the newspaper's website.