works in progress
Andy Kropa Protest Wall street protesters sleep off an all night event as some head for the office photograph by Andy Kropa This photograph was made last week in my New York loft workshop as part of an essay on Wall Street. Andy was one of three photographers in class last week to take on …
Tom Hyde After The Fall As the moist air rolls off the Pacific Ocean to first encounter the North American land mass it slams headlong into the Olympic Mountains, rises up, cools off, and dumps. Of all the regions in the lower 48 states, this is wettest and this is where I live. Nearly 10 …
James Rowan Trespassers Will Be Shot This body of work is a photographic survey of the American landscape. It weds traditional documentary photography and my own inclination toward cinematic, or dreamlike, imagery. The project was inspired by years of traveling throughout the country, particularly in the southern United States. These photographs were shot spontaneously. They …
Manjari Sharma Darshan Historically considered a mechanical device to keep record, photography didn’t even start to find a place in galleries until the 20th century. It’s no surprise then that paintings and sculptures of Hindu deities were the dominant way to experience Indian mythology. As an Indian traditionally raised in Mumbai, despite my extensive …
Emilie Germiquet Visions of Diepsloot ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT More than 150 000 people live there; 150 000 people under the shadow of sickness, cold, violence, hunger, unemployment, survival. Diepsloot, 30km North of Johannesburg, is a mass of shacks, dirt and people. Consisting of both formal and informal housing, it started in the mid 1990’s …
[slidepress gallery=’michaelagedorn_facingdementia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michael Hagedorn Facing Dementia – A New Approach play this essay Dementia is a rapidly growing social challenge in almost all societies of the world. For most of us who are not directly involved, dementia seems to be synonymous with a uniform regression …
Father by Kerry Payne I adored you. Fiery red hair, flashing blue eyes, and a laugh that engaged your every cell. You were electric. I feared you and your heart that moved from tender to cruel with each drink you took; learning early to tiptoe through eggshells, not knowing when they’d crack, …
[slidepress gallery=’maryannemitchell_alteredstates’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Mary Anne Mitchell Altered States play this essay The waves are crashing and the lone figure is approaching, is he friend or foe? The girl appears to be washed ashore; is she asleep, just resting, or worse? The young man is entangled in …
[slidepress gallery=’mscottbrauer_wechinese’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls M. Scott Brauer We Chinese play this essay “We Chinese” grew out of a curiosity to find out what Chinese people think about their country and their future. Media coverage of the country and its development often raises questions about the direction of …
[slidepress gallery=’theostroomer_prisonbootcamp’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Theo Stroomer Prison Boot Camp play this essay At first the inmates were too busy getting their asses kicked to notice me. They were experiencing the first day of the Colorado Corrections Alternative Program boot camp, a program aimed at reducing recidivism using …
