This week, I’m honored to feature six artists who offer a glimpse into the vast complexity and nuance of Asian America. While diverse in their image-making, the artists share a common thread: an urge to be seen and recognized through personal narratives put forth on one’s own terms. As viewers, the intricacies of these narratives […]
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Now You See Me || Jerry Takigawa: Balancing Cultures
This week, I’m honored to feature six artists who offer a glimpse into the vast complexity and nuance of Asian America. While diverse in their image-making, the artists share a common thread: an urge to be seen and recognized through personal narratives put forth on one’s own terms. As viewers, the intricacies of these narratives […]
Kat Davis: How We Were, and Other Possibilities
This week, we are excited to introduce five new Lenscratch Content Editors who will be providing expanded perspectives on a variety of topics. I begin today with Kat Davis, an engaging and committed artist who is particularly interested in intersectionality – the convergence of oppressions based on gender identity, sexual identity, race, class, age, culture, education, ability, and more. Her […]
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: Macaulay Lerman in conversation with Paul Guilmoth
At first glance the photograph is a medium of great limitation. The primary function of the camera is to describe the surface of an enclosed scene. Yet, for perhaps ineffable reasons, certain imagery surpasses it’s technical purpose, instead conjuring sensations that span the senses and inspiring curiosity as to what lies beyond the frame. The […]
Raymond Thompson Jr: The 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize: 1st Place Winner
“I see my work as an act of resilience; it is a way to begin a personal healing process that counteracts the impact of generational trauma.” It is with so much pleasure and excitement that we announce the 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize 1st Place Winner, Raymond Thompson, Jr. He was selected for his outstanding project, Appalachian […]