Marcy Palmer, a photographer and educator based in Texas, currently teaches photography at the University of Texas at Dallas and Richland College. In her most recent series of photographs, PENUMBRAL BEING, she addresses the fear associated with the genetic risk of mental illness. Her work is personal. With a history of mental illness within her immediate […]
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Sal Taylor Kydd: Janus Rising
“It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind… It is no simple longing for the home town or country of our birth. The emotion is Janus-faced: we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the […]
Bootsy Holler: Treasures
Five years ago photographer Bootsy Holler walked into her mother’s kitchen, opened the drawer and saw history – family history and objects that carried stories. The objects were absurd in some ways, poignant in others and Bootsy used these long held possessions to build a collection of her own curation, allowing her to turn back […]
Wayne Swanson: From the Workshop
Photographer Wayne Swanson has created a visual love letter of sorts to his father and his father’s craft of furniture design and making, with his project, From the Workshop. In fact, the approach to Wayne’s photographs and the stories they tell are as unique as the furniture they celebrate. This series sits in the realm of […]
Alain Laboile: Summer of the Fawn
The word authenticity comes to mind when I think of the photographs by Alain Laboile. There are lots of other words to describe his intimate and truthful study of family as he elevates the ordinary. A frenetic freedom and joy permeates his photographs, photographs that feel like movie stills where the action can only be […]
Jennifer Georgescu: The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship
A month or so ago, I was lucky enough to get a chance to consider portfolios in the John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship, along with other esteemed jurors: Christa Dix from Wallspace Creative, Frazier King from the Houston Center of Photography, and Laura Moya from Photolucida. There were many wonderful offerings and ultimately, after much […]