FAMILY: An Exhibition at the Detroit Center of Contemporary Photography
by Aline SmithsonJanuary 11, 2013
I recently had the great pleasure of juroring an exhibition on FAMILY for the Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography. The show opens tomorrow night, January 12th and will run through February 2, 2013.
As I explained in my juror’s statement:
The Photographic Dialogue has never been so filled conversation about family–interpreting ourselves and those we love through images is an important way of creating universal stories. Photographers today have become participant observers of their own familial settings, reflecting a reality and insight of those they share their lives with. We are turning our lenses homeward, to capture worlds that are familiar, yet charged with history and emotion. This exhibition is about seeing beyond the front door and the birthday party smiles, it’s about the pathos and poignancy of parenthood, of aging parents, of loss, of joy, of loneliness…it’s about all the things that make us human in the every day drama played out in our own backyards.
Exhibiting Artists are Renate Aller, Sarah Austin, Lisa Blair, Aaron Blum, Judi Bommarito, Kristy Carpenter, Kendall Davis, Dennis DeHart, Kaity DeLaura, Ali Elisabeth, Mary Fashbaugh, Martha Flemming-Ives, Susanna Gaunt, Bruce Giffin, Tytia Habing, Jessica Harvey, Elise Hibbard, Bootsy Holler, Scott Hubener, Tony Jacobs, Mary Johnstone, Julia Kozerski, Natalie Krick, Elizabeth Libert, Rachel Loischild, Beth Maier, Ann McNamee, Maggie Meiners, Hye-Ryoung Min, Carisa Mitchell, Jennifer Murray, Kate Parker, Sarah Podles, Lori Pond, Donna Rosser, Michael Sakasegawa, Andi Schreiber, Arpita Shah, Donita Simpson, Eric Smith, Stafford Smith, Ursula Sokolowska, Susan Swihart, Amanda Tinker, Julia Vandenoever, Michelle Wallace, Kari Wehrs, Eric Whitaker, Amani Willet. Congratulations to the participants and thank you DCCP director Kyohei Abe and to all who submitted!
The FAMILY Exhibition
First Place Winner
©Beth Maier

Honorable Mention
©Sarah Austin
©Kendall Davis
©Martha Flemming-Ives
©Bruce Giffin
©Tony Jacobs
©Donita Simpson
©Michelle Wallace
©Eric Whitaker
Tags: Aaron Blum, Ali Elisabeth, Amanda Tinker, Andi Schreiber, Ann McNamee, Arpita Shah, Beth Maier, Bootsy Holler, Bruce Giffin, Carisa Mitchell, Dennis DeHart, Donita Simpson, Donna Rosser, Elise Hibbard, Elizabeth Libert, Eric Smith, Eric Whitaker, Family, Hye-Ryoung Min, Jennifer Murray, Jessica Harvey, Julia Kozerski, Kaity DeLaura, Kari Wehrs, Kate Parker, Kendall Davis, Kristy Carpenter, Lisa Blair, Lori Pond, Maggie Meiners, Martha Flemming-Ives, Mary Fashbaugh, Mary Johnstone, Michael Sakasegawa, Michelle Wallace, Rachel Loischild, Renate Aller, Sarah Austin, Sarah Podles, Scott Hubener, Susan Swihart, Susanna Gaunt, Tony Jacobs, Tytia Habing, Ulia Vandenoever, Ursula Sokolowska
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