There is an phenomenon where objects can hold meaning and be used as metaphors for storytelling–such is the case of the Japanese glass floats. Kevin J. Miyazaki uses these small pale green universes to mirror his family’s migration across the pacific, each unique and shaped by another, each quietly spectacular, and each having made a […]
Immigration
THe CENTER AWARDS: Editor’s Choice 2nd Place Winner: Kitra Cahana
Congratulations to Kitra Cahana, for her Second Place win in CENTER’S Editor’s Choice Award for his project, Caravana Migrante. The Choice Awards recognize outstanding photographers working in all processes and subject matter. Images can be singular or part of a series. Winners receive admission to Review Santa Fe portfolio reviews and participation in a winner’s […]
Blue Earth Alliance: Richard Street: Knife Fight City and the Kingdom of Dust
A hard-luck story from a hard-luck place, Richard Street’s “Knife Fight City and the Kingdom of Dust” takes us to Huron, the poorest town in California. Direct on-camera flash lends a Weegee-like aesthetic to desperate scenes of migrant men running afoul of the law, or a rival gang, or their own worst impulses. See a […]
Wayne Martin Belger: Us & Them
I first discovered the work of Wayne Martin Belger about six years ago doing a Google search for DIY, homemade cameras for a personal project I was working on. I stumbled upon images of several of his painstakingly crafted pinhole cameras. I remember rushing into the next room with my iPad to show my wife […]