Featured Photographers Michael Behlen Featured Photographers Michael Behlen

Featured Photographer: Laura Barth’s Emulsion Lift Alchemy

Laura Barth’s photographic practice is an urgent response to the pressures of twenty-first-century womanhood and motherhood—an alchemical process that merges art and science. Her foundational series, “Mythos and Manna,” transforms digital memories and personal upheaval into layered, mythic images through Polaroid emulsion lifts and handwork, blurring the boundaries between memory, artifact, and healing.

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Featured Photographers Michael Behlen Featured Photographers Michael Behlen

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.

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Featured Photographers Niniane Kelley Featured Photographers Niniane Kelley

Feature: Jim Steg’s Inspired Journey

Jim Steg (1922-2001) was an inventive artist and esteemed educator who lived in New Orleans. A celebrated printmaker, he became interested in photography late in his career. Barbara Hitchcock, who served as Curator of The Polaroid Collection, writes about his explorations with the SX-70 and shares rarely seen instant photography explorations from the artist.

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