The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues […]
Archives for January 2019
Glenna Gordon: Winner of the 2019 Aftermath Grant
We must face our past and examine our present. We must look people in the eye, and engage with those with whom we disagree. The only way out is through, and the only way to reconcile our nation is to understand both the forces that are tearing it apart and the people trying to put […]
Leif Sandberg: Beyond the Mirror
Leif Sandberg came late to photography. Seven years ago, after facing cancer and his own mortality, he set to work to bring a visual voice to his experiences with his project and book, Ending, that we featured on Lenscratch last year. He follows that series with, Beyond the Mirror, and has recently released a book […]
Nothing That Falls Away: A Conversation with Eliot Dudik and Meg Griffiths
Before the New Year, I had the distinct honor of hosting a conversation with artists Meg Griffiths and Eliot Dudik on their newest joint book project, Nothing That Falls Away, published with Zatara Press. This book is a collaboration in every sense of the word. As they transit across the remote Nevada landscape along Highway 50, coined by LIFE as “the loneliest […]
TRACE: Kota Ezawa, Tabitha Soren, Penelope Umbrico
The approach to concepting, designing, and producing photography books has morphed into new worlds of creative expression, by both the artist and the publisher. One publisher who is continually rethinking traditional approaches to bookmaking is Yoffy Press. As founder Jennifer Yoffy states, “we are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of photobook publishing. Working in true […]
Ross Sonnenberg: The Big Bang Pictures
Sometimes events in our lives shape our futures in a profound way, especially when we lose control over our assumed narratives. Photographer Ross Sonnenberg states, “My life has been defined by chaos“, referencing a diagnosis of systemic lupus as a young man, just as he was starting a career in film. That chaos became a […]