I always think that a photographer’s best work comes from worlds we already know and can bring deep thinking and perspective to. Photographer Susan Rosenberg Jones has a legacy of creating such projects as she considers the humanity that surrounds her. With her project, Building 1, she photographed her neighbors in the apartment building she […]
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DEVELOPER x Kenneth Guthrie
Kenneth Guthrie (b. 1993) earned his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2019. He obtained his BFA in Studio Art with a Photography emphasis from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2016. Guthrie’s work explores notions of personal identity and representations of queer people through performance-based photography and video projects. His […]
Karen Navarro: El Pertenecer en Tiempos Modernos
It was a pleasure to meet Karen Navarro at the recent Photolucida portfolio reviews. Her work was a colorful explosion of reconsidered portraiture, using materiality and performance to create constructions that speak to the plethora of imagery we are exposed to on social media. Her conceptual approach to selecting subjects for the project came from […]
Guy Mendes: The States Project: Kentucky
I remember the first few weeks I started teaching at the University of Kentucky, I was walking around the art building which was my new home and I kept running into Guy Mendes. One has never encountered at more inviting and supportive fellow photographer. Ever since we met, he has been the first to congratulate […]
Rachael Banks: The States Project: Kentucky
I have been aware of Rachael Banks’ photography for the past couple years while touring around the state. Both being active members of photography educators conferences in the region, I’ve seen her and her work a dozen times, yet we’ve never met until I reached out to her for this article. I have always been […]
Mary Beth Meehan: Seeing Newnan
Just east of Newnan’s Courthouse Square lies a parcel of land, wide open except for slim oak trees scattered on a hillside. The land is bordered by a former cotton-mill village, a city park, and elegant 19th-century houses. A narrow path skirts the land close to the road. Cliff and Monique have made this place […]