Celebrate the opening of Essential Arlington, a solo exhibition of work by Arlington-based photographer Mac Cosgrove-Davies. In Essential Arlington, Cosgrove-Davies captures portraits of people whose labor, care, and expertise keep the community of Arlington running. They support the infrastructure and services that allow everyone who lives, works, or just visits Arlington to go about their daily lives.
The project highlights workers at county departments such as Environmental Services, Fire, Police, and Recreation, as well as private sector workers providing core services such as food supply, medicine, and funeral services. This selection of workers is meant to be representative of the broad range of essential workers employed in the county. With this project Cosgrove-Davies seeks to honor “those whose jobs are essential for what makes Arlington tick, but who are rarely given credit for their contribution.