This week, photographer Sunjoo Lee and writer Sejin Paik have joined forces to share a week of South Korean photographers on Lenscratch. We are so appreciative of their efforts. “We live in an image-saturated world, and it is nearly impossible to perceive reality without being aided by this medium. But the relationship between photographic images […]
Still Life
Izabela Jurcewicz: Body As a Negative. Sensations of Return.
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 Body As a Negative. Sensations of Return. by Izabela Jurcewicz. Izabela Jurcewicz’s photographs have been exhibited in over thirty […]
Photographers on Photographers: Sarah Smith and Jade Rodgers in conversation with Nakeya Brown
I first came across Nakeya Brown’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. One of the things that I really love about that place is the educational programming that they provide for free to visitors. At the time I was teaching at Chicago State University and had brought my students to the museum […]
Mara Trachtenberg: A Studio of One’s Own
Mara Trachtenberg is a lens-based artist who makes fantastical dream worlds out of sugar. I met Mara when I was a grad student at UConn and she was a recent graduate from the same program. Her working method fascinates me and we share a love of Rhode Island and sourdough bread. Mara Trachtenberg is a […]
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. […]
Christine Fitzgerald: Trafficked
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 Trafficked by Christine Fitzgerald. Christine Fitzgerald is a photo-based artist from Ottawa, Canada. Christine has always been captivated with nature. […]