Interview: Yoav Friedländer - “A Form of View”
Yoav Friedländer’s "A Form of View" series offers a unique look at the intersection of American and Israeli cultures. Born in Israel but heavily influenced by American media, Friedländer uses photography to create simulated realities, exploring how the medium influences our understanding of the world and blurs the line between reality and fiction.
Interview: Andy Mattern - “Ghost”
Discover the intriguing journey of Andy Mattern as he uncovers a unique phenomenon in vintage platinum prints. In this captivating interview, Mattern reveals how images transferred onto neighboring prints over decades, creating faint yet fascinating ghost images. Learn about his meticulous process of reviving these images and transforming them into new platinum prints. This discussion, spanning over a year, delves deep into the art and science behind Mattern's extraordinary project.
Interview: Lynne Breitfeller’s “After the Fire”
After a studio fire, Lynne Breitfeller transforms water-damaged negatives into the groundbreaking "After the Fire" series, redefining her artistry and challenging photography norms. Explore her journey and creative rebirth in an exclusive interview.
Interview: Gary Ho of MINT Camera - The Rollei 35 AF Story
In an exclusive and inaugural discussion with Gary Ho of Mint Camera, we uncover the passion and ingenuity fueling their latest creation, the Rollei 35AF.
Interview: Joseph R. Webb - “Greater Philadelphia”
Joseph R. Webb's series "Greater Philadelphia" shows a multifaceted portrait of Philadelphia's neighborhoods, skillfully presenting a juxtaposition of the grim realities of poverty and the undeniable spirit of community. His photographs resonate with the essence of North Philadelphia, not shying away from the unsettling scenes of hardship and decay but also celebrating the vibrancy of community togetherness. This delicate balance highlights the coexistence of extreme wealth and poverty, thereby challenging our perceptions and stereotypes about these neighborhoods.
Interview: Michelle Rogers Pritzl - “Not Waving But Drowning”
Michelle Rogers Pritzl’s work explores the tension between past and present in our psychological lives, as well as the photographic medium itself, often working in a digital/analogue hybrid and using historic alternative processes. We shine a light on her recent collection of work, “Not Waving But Drowning” in our exclusive interview.
Interview: Gerry Yuam - “Families of the Dump”
Photographer Gerry Yaum investigates the Mae Sot Thailand garbage dumps where more than 50 Mon and Karen refugee and immigrant families live. Displaced by poverty, war, and political instability of Burma (Myanmar), Yaum doesn’t just tell their story but has become a part of it.
Interview: Aliki Braine - On Making vs. Taking
London based artist, Aliki Braine, makes images that highlight the materiality of analog photography. By cutting up, folding, stickering and punching holes in negatives, she asks her viewers to slow down and reconsider what a photograph is and reminds of photography’s roots as something to be held and revered as on object.
Interview: Ed Kashi - “Abandoned Moments”
With the release of Ed Kashi's latest monograph, “Abandoned Moments,” we get the chance to look over a career-spanning retrospective of a photographer's work and style, and along with it, a specific aesthetic found within the final images chosen for this incredible book. Not simply a book review–this is an interview with one of the country’s finest photojournalists.
Interview: Camille Valbusa - “Self-Portraits Tell Her Story”
Camille Valbusa’s self-portraits are critical identity studies that research artistic practices of healing from trauma. Read our latest interview where she dives into the motivations of her photography, talks about a current book project, and how shooting film plays into her art-making practice.
NSFW | Interview: Nika De Carlo - “See You in Heaven”
Nika De Carlo dives deep into the emotional trenches of her and her partner’s war on addiction, recovery, trauma, and healing. Her intimate and brutally honest documentary project and visual diary is entitled “See You In Heaven.”
Interview: Ella Morton - "The Dissolving Landscape"
Recent recipient of CENTER’s Environmental Award, Ella Morton presents her ongoing body of work, “The Dissolving Landscape,” a series of experimental analog photographs that examine climate change in the Arctic and Subarctic landscapes of Canada and Nordic Europe.
Interview: Fred Lyon - 75 Years of Photography
Fred Lyon has been firmly anchored behind a camera. From the streets of his native San Francisco to the offices of Life and Vogue, Fred takes us on a nostalgic tour of old San Francisco and the world from the 1940s and 1950s as we examine his 75+ year career as a professional photographer and photojournalist.
Interview: Cary Norton - "Where You Come From is Gone"
Cary Norton and Jared Ragland’s collaborative series "Where You Come From is Gone" explores the history that occurred in the American South between Hernando DeSoto’s first exploitation of native peoples in the 16th century and Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act 300 years later.
Meet the Staff: Lynn Bierbaum - Social Media and Community Manager
Lynn Bierbaum’s work explores her search for belonging, and for a place, she can call home, by creating three-dimensional sculptures from a hybrid process of wet plate collodion and blown glass.
Interview: Mikael Kennedy - "Passport to Trespass"
Mikael Kennedy’s critically acclaimed nine-part zine series Passport to Trespass is a generation-defining photographic journey of one man’s search for the true meaning of “Home."
Interview: Polly Chandler - You Build It Up, You Wreck It Down
Polly Chandler is a 21st-century medium, channeling the deep gravelly voice of singer-songwriter Tom Waits into surreal one-image narratives that Christopher Nolan would be jealous of.
Interview: Kari Wehrs - Shot
Kari Wehrs’ portrait project, “Shot”, examines gun ownership in the form of tintypes, some with bullet holes made by the firearm of the subject in the photograph. Read about her motivation for this series now!