When I first saw Carla Jay Harris’ project Celestial Bodies at AIPAD (NYC) in 2019 I was spellbound. More than beautiful and graceful, her work was ethereal. Like a bashful vagrant, I conspicuously loitered by the Kopeikin Gallery booth, hoping I would have a chance to meet the artist. Ironically, I learned that she was […]
Archives for August 2020
Photographers on Photographers: Priya Kambli in conversation with Tarrah Krajnak
Thank you for asking me to be part of the Photographers on Photographers for Lenscratch and thank you Tarrah Krajnak for accepting my invitation and for being such a wonderful partner in this endeavor. From our first phone conversation both Tarrah and I agreed that we wanted this project to be collaborative- where we both opened […]
Photographers on Photographers: Al J. Thompson in conversation with Rashod Taylor
I can intensely recall the Saturday afternoon when I saw what would become my first vehicle. The smell of newness mingled with precision as it trickled up my nostrils. It is a familiar bond, having for the first time, eyeing Rashod Taylor’s poetic photographs of his immediate family—mainly his son. It still feels new, as […]
Photographers on Photographers: Macaulay Lerman in conversation with Paul Guilmoth
At first glance the photograph is a medium of great limitation. The primary function of the camera is to describe the surface of an enclosed scene. Yet, for perhaps ineffable reasons, certain imagery surpasses it’s technical purpose, instead conjuring sensations that span the senses and inspiring curiosity as to what lies beyond the frame. The […]
Photographers on Photographers: Mercedes Jelinek in Conversation with Kris Graves
Today we begin our Annual August effort, Photographers on Photographers, which features a stellar group of photographers in conversation with each other. Don’t miss a day of insightful interviews and we are excited to begin with Mercedes Jelinek in conversation with Kris Graves. I first met Kris Graves while I was an undergrad at SUNY […]
John Willis: Mni Wiconi: Water is Life; Honoring the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Everywhere in the Ongoing Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty
Renowned photographer John Willis, a nationally and internationally exhibited artist with work in over sixty museum collections and author of three other photography books, has just published Mni Wiconi: Water is Life. It is the recipient of the 2019 Gold Medal for best regional book from Foreword Indies. Willis has received numerous grants for his […]