The Vietnam War was an endless and divisive conflict that resulted in a population of veterans who suffered long term scars from the horrors of war, returning to little support from a country that was ad odds with the conflict. Photographer Tom Sanders has created a compilation of photographs of American Vietnam war veterans, southern […]
Conflict
Teri Darnell: Veterans in Crisis
I met Teri Darnell several years ago at an Atlanta Photography Group exhibition. Shortly after that we were both chosen to be a part of the “Edge to Edge” exhibition at MOCA GA and were both on a panel that discussed the exhibit. As I have gotten to know Teri, I find that she is […]
Justyna Badach: Asymmetric Warfare – Colorado Photographic Arts Center
The exhibition Asymmetric Warfare recently opened at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, presenting the work of Justyna Badach, who examines how modern-day military propaganda shapes our perceptions of war and conflict. The show includes work from two ongoing projects: Land of Epic Battles and Proxy War, in which Badach uses her computer as a camera to […]
The 2019 Lange-Taylor Prize: Chinen Aimi: Finding Ryukyu
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University recently awarded its twenty-seventh Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize to Japanese American artist and documentarian Chinen Aimi. Her winning proposal, Finding Ryukyu, combines text and drawings with 35mm black-and-white photographs to investigate her various histories as a child born on the island of Okinawa, Japan (part of the […]
W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine Exploring Barriers, Real and Perceived Exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography
We live in a time of division–our borders, our backyards, and our politics are a series of walls whether physical or unseen. I was interested in the psychology of walls and found this quote by Costica Bradatan of the New York Times: “Walls, then, are built not for security, but for a sense of security. […]
Photographers on Photographers: Julia Vandenoever and Stephanie Burchett
Today we complete our annual August project, Photographers on Photographers, where visual artists interview colleagues they admire. Thank you to all who have participated for their time, words and work, in particular, Brennan Booker for all his efforts with this project. We finish with Julia Vandenoever‘s interview with Stephanie Burchett. – Aline Smithson During the 2019 […]