Back in 2011 I was close to finishing my series There Is Nothing Beautiful Around Here, and I was hosting other photographers friends in my old apartment in the Mission District in San Francisco to share our projects to get some feedback. Someone asked me if he could invite Kevin Kunishi to our gathering, that […]
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Photographers on Photographers: Eddy Leonel Aldana in conversation with Veronica Melendez
I can’t quite remember when I got to meet Veronica Melendez in person for the first time. During my sophomore or junior year, one of my professors had suggested that I look at her work for inspiration because she had been making work about her family and had graduated from the same school I was attending […]
Photographers on Photographers: Andre Ramos-Woodard in conversation with Clifford Prince King
I don’t remember the exact day I saw an image by Clifford Prince King for the first time, but I do remember the response I had pretty vividly. The nostalgic aesthetic his work brilliantly hones—the muted warm tones accenting varying complexions of Black skin—was far too familial for me to ignore. It took me back […]
Photographers on Photographers: Sarah Smith and Jade Rodgers in conversation with Nakeya Brown
I first came across Nakeya Brown’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. One of the things that I really love about that place is the educational programming that they provide for free to visitors. At the time I was teaching at Chicago State University and had brought my students to the museum […]
Photographers on Photographers: Guanyu Xu in conversation with Kanthy Peng
Kanthy Peng and I have known each other since 2011 when we both entered the same class at Beijing Film Academy. She was one of the reasons that I ended up in the School of the Art Institue of Chicago in 2014 as a transfer student. Because she transferred there in the prior year. By […]
Photographers on Photographers: Joe Harjo in Conversation with Mari Hernandez
I first came across Mari Hernandez’s work when she was collaborating with Mas Rudas, a collective of Chicana artists based in San Antonio, TX. What struck me about her work, then, and has stayed with me as she’s evolved into a solo artist, is her unflinching braveness and willingness to take on multiple mediums without […]