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 […]
Nature
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 […]
Leah Schretenthaler: The 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize Winner Honorable Mention
It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize Honorable Mention Winner, Leah Schretenthaler. She was selected for her outstanding project, The Invasive Species of the Built Environment. She is working towards her MFA at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. The jurors included Guanyu Xu – 2019 Student Prize Winner, Zora Murff- 2018 Student Prize Winner, Shawn Bush – 2017 Student Prize […]
DM Witman: The Guide to Loss and Grieving in the Anthropocene
It’s always great to see DM Witman, whether it be in Maine, where she lives, or at a portfolio review event, like FotoFest, where I recently encountered her new work. Her projects sit in the arena of historical processes using methods of the darkroom to beautifully speak to the environment and the world in transition. […]
Thesis Project: Tamrin Ingram
There is a poignant quietness and solitude to Tamrin Ingram’s work. When looking at her images I can feel the pressure of Louisianian heat on my skin, hear the rustling of the bugs around me, and feel the wetness of the humidity dripping down my back. Her work not only transports me physically but also […]
Thesis Project: Phillipa Klaiber
In my mind, the place described in Phillipa Klaiber‘s Vorest hovers somewhere between the realms of truth and fantasy. Recontextualizing authentic historical documents alongside her own photographs, the artist blurs the line between past and present- what is and what was- as she explores her own relationship to this place as both insider and outsider. The resulting narrative […]