This week, I am excited to introduce five new Lenscratch Content Editors who will be providing expanded perspectives on a variety of topics. Today we feature Ecuadorian photographer, Yazmeen P. Loaiza. Her interest as an editor is to focus on Latin American photography, presenting the work of underrepresented or misrepresented peoples and an amalgam of 33 […]
Landscape
Reimagined Landscapes at the Center of Photographic Art
The Reimagined Landscapes exhibition at the Center for Photographic Art features the work of 8 female artists, each reinterpreting the landscape genre. As August, 18, 2020 officially marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, we honor this date with an exhibition of women photographers that include Christa Blackwood, […]
Photographers on Photographers: Mercedes Jelinek in Conversation with Kris Graves
Today we begin our Annual August effort, Photographers on Photographers, which features a stellar group of photographers in conversation with each other. Don’t miss a day of insightful interviews and we are excited to begin with Mercedes Jelinek in conversation with Kris Graves. I first met Kris Graves while I was an undergrad at SUNY […]
Peter Essick: Fernbank Forest
Peter Essick, named one of the top forty most influential nature photographers by Outdoor Photography Magazine, UK has a new book Fernbank Forest published by Fall Line Press. Essick’s photographs are included in museum collections and Spalding Nix Gallery in Atlanta currently represents his work. Essick is also the author of two prior books, The […]
Sebastian Rogowski: Suicidal Birds
There are road trips and then there are transformative journeys that imprint on your soul and open your eyes to new vistas filled with strange beauty. Photographer Sebastian Rogowski has created a visual diary of his travels through Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and the result is his self-published monograph, Suicidal Birds. The work includes stark landscapes with luminous […]
Alex Turner: Blind River
Projects featured this week 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 Blind River by Alex Turner. Alex Turner (b. Chicago, Illinois) combines imaging technologies to highlight the profusion of sociopolitical […]