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 Brooklyn-based visual artist, Erick Guzman, who is a powerhouse presence pursing a wide variety of curatorial, community, and partnered projects that elevate and give exposure to photographers, particularly those of […]
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Photographers on Photographers: Lorenzo Triburgo in conversation with Jasmine Murrell
Jasmine Murrell and I were both 2019 CCNY/Baxter St Workspace Residents and I was immediately fascinated by her practice. Jasmine makes sculptures, video art, photographs, sound art, performances – and she does all of these things well and then combines them in the most thoughtfully provoking ways. I have seen Jasmine make wild sculptures, turn them […]
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 […]
Photographers on Photographers: Zarita Zevallos in Conversation With Eva Woolridge
I found Eva Woolridge through a series of experiences and conversations I was having in my head about how Black women photographers are underrepresented in the photography world, and the historic failure of the medical field towards us (black women). She is a phenomenal Black-American/Chinese-American photographer who’s won The Leica Women in Foto Award for […]
Amrita Stützle: The 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize Winner Honorable Mention
It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize Honorable Mention Winner, Amrita Stützle. She was selected for her outstanding project, Maiden, Mother, Crone. She is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Pennsylvania. The jurors included Guanyu Xu – 2019 Student Prize Winner, Zora Murff- 2018 Student Prize Winner, Shawn Bush – 2017 Student Prize Winner, Drew Nikonowicz – 2016 Student […]
Andre Ramos-Woodard: a mediocre-ass nigga
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 a mediocre-ass nigga by Andre Ramos-Woodard. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Andre Ramos-Woodard is a contemporary artist whose works evoke […]