Aline Smithson, Author at LENSCRATCH

The PhotoNOLA Prize: Samantha Geballe by Aline SmithsonJanuary 23rd, 2017

©Samantha Geballe

This past December, I once again had the great pleasure of reviewing portfolios at PhotoNOLA.

David S. Allee: Chasing Firefly by Aline SmithsonJanuary 22nd, 2017

©David S. Allee, Fireworks, 2016 Dye sublimation metal print 48 x 72 in, Courtesy of Morgan Lehman

David S.

‘Whose Streets? Our Streets!’: New York City, 1980-2000 by Aline SmithsonJanuary 21st, 2017

The Women’s Action Coalition demonstrates at the opening of the Guggenheim Soho to protest the lack of women artists in the museum’s inaugural exhibition. June 25, 1992.

Jennifer Shaw: The Flood Story by Aline SmithsonJanuary 20th, 2017

©Jennifer Shaw, from Flood State

Jennifer Shaw has been a long time photographic storyteller, and for the most part, those stories are born from her own experiences as a mother, a residen

Christa Bowden: Roots & Nests by Aline SmithsonJanuary 19th, 2017

©Christa Bowden

In a time where much of life feels out of control and lacking in beauty, Christa Bowden’s poetic and delicate constructions seem the perfect anecdote to rise above t

Marina Font: Mental Maps by Aline SmithsonJanuary 17th, 2017

©Marina Font, from Mental Maps

“The central axis of these very intuitive and visceral works is the approach to the female body perceived mainly through three planes: the biological, the

Arden Surdam: Hold Your Breath by Aline SmithsonJanuary 16th, 2017

©Arden Surdam

I first was introduced to Arden Surdam’s photographs at Paris Photo Los Angeles last year.

Jess T. Dugan: The States Project Missouri by Aline SmithsonJanuary 9th, 2017

©Jess T. Dugan, courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery

I have been following Jess T.

Susan Worsham: By The Grace Of God by Aline SmithsonJanuary 7th, 2017

These portraits represent a connecting point where two separate paths cross in the road and make something beautiful togeth

Jamie Johnson: Irish Travellers by Aline SmithsonJanuary 6th, 2017

©Jamie Johnson

For the past several years, Jamie Johnson has packed up her cameras and headed to Ireland to photograph the Irish Travellers, capturing the children whose growing up often