Bailey Russel is a photographer and educator at the University of Wyoming. Russel, a graduate of Princeton and New York University is concerned with the dichotomy between historical processes and contemporary narratives, often employing the use of tintypes, wet plate collodion and camera obscura processes into his practice. A collection of Bailey’s works was recently […]
Alternative Process
KINDRED: Lori Vrba, Tobia Makover, Dawn Surratt and Sal Taylor Kydd
This spring saw four artists come together in a group show in Savannah entitled Kindred. Tobia Makover, Dawn Surratt, Lori Vrba and Sal Taylor Kydd are four women who have long been admirers of each others work, and were interested in embracing a new philosophy of artistic endeavor, with a focus on collaboration and community; […]
Photographers on Photographers: K.K. DePaul and Vicki Richardson Reed
This month, we feature our annual August project, Photographers on Photographers, where visual artists interview colleagues they admire. Thank you to all who have participated for their time, energies and for efforts. Today we are happy to share this interview with K.K. DePaul‘s interview with Vicki Richardson Reed. – Aline Smithson and Brennan Booker I […]
Photographers on Photographers: Dan Shepherd on Joseph Minek
This month, we feature our annual August project, Photographers on Photographers, where visual artists interview colleagues they admire. Thank you to all who have participated for their time, energies and for efforts. Today we are happy to share this interview with Dan Shepherd ‘s interview with Joseph Minek. – Aline Smithson and Brennan Booker Confession […]
Photographers on Photographers: Christa Blackwood and Heather Oelklaus
I was a secret lurking fan of Heather Oelklaus’ brilliant work for several years before I met her in the Fall of 2014 at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Before we met, I knew her only by her internet nom de plume, “Camera Karma,” and I was immediately drawn to her work that melds tediously […]
Kari Wehrs: Shot
Projects featured over the next several days were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was able to interview each of these individuals to gain further insight into the bodies of work they shared. Today, we are looking at the series Shot, by Kari Wehrs. Shot From scenes of gun violence that make the national news, to my […]