Jacob Maentz’s long-term project documenting indigenous cultures in the Philippines demonstrates the care and commitment contemporary audiences expect from photographers who are creating work about communities other than their own. His images give us a reverent glimpse into the daily lives of his subjects, and offer viewers an opportunity to learn about—and learn from—people who […]
Documentary
Blue Earth Alliance: Rubén Salgado Escudero: Solar Portraits
Rubén Salgado Escudero’s “Solar Portraits” employ a combination of aesthetics and information to engage viewers with the way solar energy can transform the lives of people without access to traditional sources of electricity. His beautifully staged portraits, based on his subjects’ input and lit with solar-powered light sources, are an artful and unique approach to […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Nathan Weyland: Managing Scarcity
Nathan Weyland’s long-term commitment to investigating California’s water scarcity issue has helped him create a project of great depth and understanding. There are few, if any, more important issues in California than the water supply, and Weyland’s work connects viewers with the wide range of people who are influencing water policy, and whose lives are […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Lauren Owens Lambert: The Farmer and the Fisherman
Over this week and some of next, Blue Earth Alliance will share significant projects that speak to our earth and environment. Blue Earth believes documentary photography can inspire positive change. They support visual storytelling on critical environmental and social issues through direct assistance to photographers and a collaborative community of professionals. “The link between compelling […]
Elliot Ross: Plainsmen
In Elliot Ross’s series, Plainsmen, we are called to the interior American West—a place which, from an outsider’s perspective, is generally romanticized and oversimplified. The region is too often ignored unless it is politically convenient, and it is sometimes flippantly referred to as flyover country. As a person who grew up in rural Colorado, Ross […]
Kristen Bartley: Flower Mound
Light is a distinct character in Kristen Bartley’s series, Flower Mound. It glows, invites, and evokes a range of sentiment. It identifies character and is indicative of Bartley’s fondness for her humble suburban muses. It is warm and calm. It allows her to record and remember. The contrasting shadow alludes to the weight of loss […]