Aline Smithson, Author at LENSCRATCH

Andreas Tsonidis: Returning Home by Aline SmithsonOctober 17th, 2016

©Andreas Tsonidis , Effie 2010

The sticky wicket of photographing family is to find a place of observation without judgement and/or to be able to observe while participating in the action

Gilles Mora: Antebellum by Aline SmithsonOctober 16th, 2016

Photographer, editor, artistic director and museum director Gilles Mora has just released a new monograph, Antebellum, published by Texas University Press that consists of impressionistic, r

Ervin A. Johnson: #InHonor by Aline SmithsonOctober 15th, 2016

©Ervin A. Johnson, Rudy

Atlanta Celebrates Photography is in full swing, and one of the highlight exhibitions is Ervin A.

Photographers Of Color: Aaron Turner: Arkansas by Aline SmithsonOctober 10th, 2016

©Aaron Turner, Cordova, Tennessee (Mother)

Since the beginning of my photo journey, I have thought a lot about the community in which I make work.

Paula Bronstein: Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear by Aline SmithsonOctober 1st, 2016

I have made some of the most extraordinary photos of my career in Afghanistan, with face after face offering a complex and intriguing gaze and revealing the constant tension between optimis

James Friedman: 12 Nazi Concentration Camps by Aline SmithsonSeptember 30th, 2016

©James Friedman

(James) Friedman’s ’12 Nazi Concentration Camps’ is arguably the most significant body of photographic work on the concentration camps in the post-Holocaust era�

Peter B Leighton: Live Snakes by Aline SmithsonSeptember 29th, 2016

©Peter B Leighton, Live Snakes

Peter Brown Leighton is sort of a cross between a comedian and a magician, creating single image novelas that are at once off-kilter and humorous, allowing

Priya Kambli: Color Falls Down by Aline SmithsonSeptember 28th, 2016

©Priya Kambli

I’ve been a long time fan of the work of Priya Kambli.

Lisa Elmaleh: Everglades by Aline SmithsonSeptember 27th, 2016

©Lisa Elmaleh

About a month ago, I received an unexpected book in the mail from Zatara Press.

Rocky Schenck: The Recurring Dream by Aline SmithsonSeptember 26th, 2016

If these pictures by Rocky Schenck are “about” anything, it is mood, atmosphere, and the art of seeing. They demonstrate that mystery is at the heart of existence.