Adrian Burrell is a rising media artist, storyteller, and writer. His upcoming book "Sugarcane and Lightning" is a visual story of his family’s journey from Louisiana to Oakland during the Great Migration. Using photography, film, installation, and experimental media, Burrell’s work delves into issues of race, class, and intergenerational dynamics through collective storytelling.

A thoughtful, intelligent, and warm young man, Adrian’s work is receiving well-deserved attention from organizations like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Magazine — for which he was the December issue’s cover star! Please enjoy our interview with Adrian, recorded on his grandmother’s porch this January.

Meet Adrian Burrell!