Month: May 2013

Spring

I love taking family pictures… this shot of my 25 year old niece Hannah, left, waiting for a taxi after lunch is only one of dozens I hv shot of her since she was a tiny baby. She just got engaged while assisting in the loft workshop.

Ruth Prieto – Safe Heaven

Ruth Prieto Safe Heaven This work is the second chapter of a documentary project about Mexican immigrant women in New York. Some of them have indigenous backgrounds so that Spanish is not their first language. I decided to document their lives during their free time at their homes. Homes have deep emotional meaning. Through their …

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© Paprica Fotografia | Candy Pilar Godoy | Vinicius Matos | Michelle Madden Smith

payback

  PAYBACK   My schedule has been a bit crazy lately. Or maybe it always is. I have a really hard time saying “no” to stuff. Especially if it involves wide eyed youngsters who I can see are just craving some words of “wisdom”. Of course this seems often strange to me, since I am …

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Rio

Leme beach early morn.

Emerging Photographer Fund 2013

© Bieke Depoorter We are now officially announcing the Emerging Photographer Fund grant for 2013. We are awarding $15,000 to three winners and spreading the love. One top winner will receive $10,000 and two runner-ups will each take home $2,500. Applications are now closed! These grants are designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. This …

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