Some years ago I wrote about Isa Leshko’s poignant and important work with elderly animals-my feature was just one of many as the project had tremendous resonance with people all over the world. I am happy to share that the project is now a book, Allowed to Grow: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries […]
Ken Rosenthal: Days on the Mountain
Most of us are lucky enough to have a special place to escape to–a walking trail, a beach, and in Ken Rosenthal’s world, it’s a family cabin in the woods that has provided a place of wonder, respite, and inspiration. For the past 15 years he has made work around his world of family and […]
Jordanna Kalman: Little Romances
Jordana Kalman’s exquisite project Little Romances seems to be everywhere–she was a 2018 Critical Mass Top 50 winner, the series has been in numerous exhibitions and publications, and now it will be a monograph under the same title, published by Daylight Books. Jordana has created layered and performative self portraits and still lifes that speak […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Richard Street: Knife Fight City and the Kingdom of Dust
A hard-luck story from a hard-luck place, Richard Street’s “Knife Fight City and the Kingdom of Dust” takes us to Huron, the poorest town in California. Direct on-camera flash lends a Weegee-like aesthetic to desperate scenes of migrant men running afoul of the law, or a rival gang, or their own worst impulses. See a […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Tim Matsui: Leaving the Life
One of the remarkable aspects of Tim Matsui’s “Leaving the Life” is the work he’s done to make sure that the project is more than an affecting, well-told story. For Matsui, creating an award-winning documentary film was just the beginning. He ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money to produce DVDs that he could […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Mark Kauzlarich: The McFarthest Place
Population loss in rural United States communities is an issue that many people may think they know about. One of the challenges for visual journalists reporting on topics that viewers may be familiar with is getting people to look again, and to see what they think they know in a new way. Through his original […]