Spirits of nature exist in nearly every religious and cultural lore we know – traversing the terrain, there to remind us of the regenerative and also destructive power the land holds. The landscape is a portal through which we can access our histories, our collective joy and also our pain. As we continue to reevaluate and in some cases unlearn the stories […]
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Melissa Catanese: Voyagers
Melissa Catanese’s book Voyagers (published by The Ice Plant) has been a constant on my desk this spring. I often read Voyagers as a warm-up, either before reading long form non-fiction or before I begin sequencing my own photographs. Some days I just leave the book open on my desk to catch an occasional glimpse […]
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I had the pleasure of reviewing the work of photographer Matthew Moore at Fotofest this past March. We had a lively conversation about his continuing examination of landscapes that hold history. This concept has always fascinated me and I appreciated his thoughtful and articulate approach to documenting markers of the past, and with his new […]
Jay Simple: Exodus Home and Photographer’s Green Book
At a time when we are all especially focused on what it means to be at home in a place, Jay Simple‘s ongoing series, Exodus Home, has particular resonance. In his work, Simple questions the ways in which black people are both profoundly connected to and reflexively excluded from the physical and cultural terrain of American life. Migration as a means of survival […]
David Maisel: Proving Ground
David Maisel’s monograph Proving Ground (published by Radius Books and co-published with Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art) investigates Dugway Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility established in 1943, located in the Utah desert, 85 miles from Salt Lake City. The term “Proving Ground” specifies an area of land designated for the military purposed to […]
The CENTER Awards: Excellence in Multimedia Award 3rd Place Winner: Jodi Stuart
Congratulations to Jodi Stuart, for her Third Place win in CENTER’S Excellence in Multimedia Award for her project, Super Synthetic. The Excellence in Multimedia Award recognizes outstanding photo-media artists and storytellers working in a variety of media processes and subject matter. The award supports a project that utilizes photography, video, installation, or other elements that expand […]