NSWF | Featured Photographer: Chad Coombs - “Polaroid Portraits”
Chad Coombs’ "Portraits" series is an audacious foray into the unsettling terrain where identity, faith, and societal norms collide in his manipulated Polaroid collage series.
Featured Photographer: Laetitia Heisler – “Forest is a Temple”
Using instant-film double exposures, Germany-based photographer Laetitia Heisler takes viewers on a healing journey through the woods, camera in tow, sharing how she sees life as “a continuous transformation” in her series, Forest is a Temple. “Everyone and everything are intertwined.”
Featured Photographers: Lenny Gerard - "Day vs. Night Juxtaposition”
Enter the realm of Lenny Gerard, a visionary artist who juxtaposes day and night shots of architectural marvels in an arresting critique of capitalism. Gerard's work, as captivating as it is contemplative, challenges the viewer to consider the implications of a system that values work over life, and productivity over creativity.
Featured Photographers: Sileō - "System Error"
System Error, a thought-provoking photo series by Italian artists Silvia Pedrina and Leonardo Brentan, a.k.a Sileō, challenges perceptions of our growing relationship with technology. Combining traditional photography with digital techniques, the series offers a fascinating exploration of the intersection between the physical and digital realms.
NSFW | Featured Photographer: Rachel Portesi - “Hair Portraits"
Explore the nuanced transitions of female identity through the unique and captivating portraits created by photographic artist, Rachel Portesi. From Polaroids and tintypes, discover the amazing images that embody motherhood, aging, and self through this ongoing exploration of femininity and the physical world.
Featured Photographer: Jamie Swick - “Instant Transcendence”
Jamie Swick’s environmental portraits of the Pacific Northwest produce a distinct stillness that is undeniable. Her picturesque landscapes suggest a new era of environmentalism that isn’t fought by tying yourself to a tree, but by walking among them.
Featured Photographer: John F. Cooper's "Organic Portraits"
John F. Cooper’s series Organic Portraits is a timeless and fundamentally beautiful collection of portraits that were created to raise awareness for—and help preserve—the world's rainforests.
Featured Photographer: Sheri Lynn Behr's Series "Beyond Recognition"
Sheri Lynn Behr's Series "Beyond Recognition" asks important questions about societies’ relationship with technology. Her manipulated Polaroids urge us to ponder what is actually "real" in the digital world.
Featured Photographer: J.K. Lavin's Series “Crisis of Experience”
Crisis of Experience is the result of an eight-year project by J.K. Lavin exploring themes of self-reflection and female identity using the mechanics of seriality from behind a mirror with a Polaroid SX-70.
Featured Photographer: Mads Madison's Global Warming Series
Mads Madison’s Global Warming Series consists of experiments done on wasted film with various chemicals that leave the viewer to absorb a post-apocalyptic spectacle filled with orange atmospheric flames,
Featured Photographer: Julia Beyer - Our World In Flames
Julia Beyer’s expired Polaroid Time- Zero shots of Iceland transform the pristine untouched wilderness around her into psychedelic fantasies that make us question what we are doing to the world.