When Lenscratch contacted me to do an interview, I immediately thought of Ana De Orbegoso. Ana is also a Peruvian artist living in the USA. I have actually never met Ana in person. A few years ago when I was in Lima visiting my family and doing my usual gallery and museum tour, I stumbled […]
Memory
Photographers on Photographers: Al J. Thompson in conversation with Rashod Taylor
I can intensely recall the Saturday afternoon when I saw what would become my first vehicle. The smell of newness mingled with precision as it trickled up my nostrils. It is a familiar bond, having for the first time, eyeing Rashod Taylor’s poetic photographs of his immediate family—mainly his son. It still feels new, as […]
Spain Week: Nieves Mingueza: The malady of Suzanne
Nieves Mingueza is a natural-born visual story teller who follows her instinct and intuition. She combines different media to create her stories such as photography, collages and text, from old photographs, magazines and encyclopedias that she finds in street markets and vintage stores, and it could not be otherwise. She lives in London. Her work tells […]
Elizabeth Greenberg: Imaginary Places
Projects featured this week were selected from our 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 Imaginary Places by Elizabeth Greenberg. Elizabeth Greenberg is an artist and educator living on the coast of Maine. She is an […]
Argentina Week: Valeria Bellusci: The Polaroids
Valeria Bellusci is one of those photographers who lets life surprise her. She does not shoot with a goal in mind, or to create a series – she just photographs what she sees in the every day life that surrounds her. Every frame is a line full of feeling and poetry. These Polariods are a […]
Argentina Week: Abraham Votroba: Forget-Me-Not
I met Abraham Votroba a few years ago, when he was coordinating the Portfolio Reviews at the Encuentros de la Luz festival in Buenos Aires, but it was not until much later, that we started talking more often and I got to know his work. Abraham’s work is delicate -there is a sensibility in all […]