After a horrific shooting in Atlanta and an amplification of the calls to protect Asian Americans from violence, many asked Americans to take a hard look at themselves and the history of violence in this country. We took a look at the protests and rallies against Asian American violence that have been warning of violence for months, and F-Stop magazine took a look back at Gabriele Galimberti’s 2020 book The Ameriguns. Nick Meyer looked at the ravages of addiction, housing insecurity, and decline in small town America in his book The Local. A year into the pandemic, we asked photographers who are also mothers about what they’ve learned and how they’re coping.
Ten years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Sam Clark writes about a profound photographic project that highlights found photography from people who lived in the area, not professional photographers. Call it romantic or idealistic, but Ondrej Čechvala left his hometown behind to go live in an old farm in the north of Slovakia. The National History Museum in London looked at female wildlife photographers, and Erica Génécé photographs stylized dancers that look like sculptures in her images.
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“A Very True, Very Biased Look At Small-Town America” —BuzzFeed News
“St Patrick’s Day Marked In Green Around The World – In Pictures” —The Guardian
“16 Photographer Moms Shared How They Adapted For The Pandemic” —BuzzFeed News
“These Men Fled Modernity For A Simpler Life On A Farm” —The Washington Post
“Wildlife Photographer Of The Year: Girls In Wildlife Photography” —Natural History Museum UK
“The Ameriguns by Gabriele Galimberti” —F-Stop
