photographic essays
[slidepress gallery=’williameckersleyalexandershields_u-s-80′] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls William Eckersley and Alexander Shields U.S.80 play this essay These photographs are from a recently completed body of work, titled U.S.80. U.S.80 was the first coast-to-coast highway in America, pre-dating even the fabled Route 66. It spans nearly 3,000 miles between Savannah, Georgia …
Margaret Bryant The Dangers of Drunk Dialing This was taken as an expression of frustration with the telephone company, who had taken five days and three service calls to fix a problem with the line. But it is more about the trouble one can get into when intoxicated, how one can become tied up …
[slidepress gallery=’leameilandt_themaguires’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Lea Meilandt The Maguires play this essay The number of poor families in the United States is growing rapidly these years. Unemployment and expensive housing makes it almost impossible for families all over the country to make ends meet and create a stable …
[slidepress gallery=’sarakatz_themanbehindthecurtain’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Sara Katz The Man Behind the Curtain play this essay When I was growing up, and my dad got into any sort of argument with my mom over something banal (the most common cause being a joke deemed too off-color, annoying, childish, …
[slidepress gallery=’brandangomez_thingsthatneverhappened’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Brandan Gomez Things That Never Happened play this essay These are the images of what never happened, but should have. They express what really moves the world: desires, deep desires that start forming in your early years, and crystallize inside your chest when …
[slidepress gallery=’michaelchristopherbrown_lybia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT Michael Christopher Brown Libya play this essay LIBYA Since arriving ten days ago, I have tried to understand the situation here in Libya. People swap facts, predictions and rumors, the news feeds me information, but the complexity of the …
[slidepress gallery=’michaelwebster_growingupinpublic’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michael Webster Brooklyn Carnival play this essay Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade takes place every Labor Day weekend. With a crowd of over two million people it is the largest parade in New York City and possibly North America. These photos are …
[slidepress gallery=’chrisbickford_neworleanscarnival’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Chris Bickford Death, Rebirth, and Celebration in New Orleans play this essay The city of New Orleans lies at the swampy bottom of of the largest watershed in North America, and the top edge of the most hurricane-prone inland sea in the Western …
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[slidepress gallery=’vissariaskoulida_greeceinreverse’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Vissaria Skoulida Greece in Reverse play this essay Well this is panos (tamale)… I need to be honest with everyone about everything…She (Vissaria) photographs everything with a little kodak $100 camera…(maybe couple photos used my old D50 to shoot my “middle finger” …
I always tell my workshop students on the first day that my one week workshops actually go on forever…That is, if a student stays in touch with me and continues to produce compelling work , I do stay on as a lifetime mentor…The picture above is proof…Chris Bickford (left) with Burn readers Roberta Tavares and …
