“Timothy Duffy, like many of the musicians his photographs portray, has the ability to meld past and present into a joyful, singular moment of timelessness. His images movingly convey the soul of his subjects and of the places in which they live.” – Sally Mann Timothy Duffy has been photographing musicians throughout the Southeastern U.S. […]
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Andrea Modica: Lentini
Kris Graves Projects is releasing LOST: II, a compilation of books showcasing twenty cities shot by twenty photographers. Photographer Andrea Modica’s contribution to the project is Lentini, which reflects thirty years of consideration of a small Italian town in the Province of Syracuse in South East Sicily. These quiet and poetic photographs give us a […]
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 […]
Rick Schatzberg: The Boys
Rick Schatzberg and I began e-mailing about today’s post back in July–he had recently graduated from the University of Hartford with an MFA and had a new project The Boys, about friendship, memory, loss, and the inner narrations we carry through the years. I had just seen the movie Three Identical Strangers and his project hit […]
Tracy L. Chandler: At the Edge
Tracy L Chandler’s compelling and poignant series Edge Dwellers is photography at it’s best. The work speaks to the power of the medium as a vehicle for bearing witness, for understanding and contemplating humanity, and for providing connection to unseen populations. Tracy’s large format capture of marginalized individuals who make their home on the edges […]
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 […]