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A Spotlight on the Black Crown Gallery in Oakland, CA by Aline SmithsonAugust 7th, 2017

©Maggie Preston, Templates and ©Phillip Maisel, For Your “Open”, from the exhibition, Surface Tension

It’s always a pleasure to shine a light on a new gallery and Kim Beil,

How to Flatten a Mountain by Val PattersonAugust 5th, 2017

Zhao Qian © Frank Abruzzese

Last December, I was considering what would be the next step on my photographic path. I was in that lull period that all photographers and artists face.

Click Photo Festival in North Carolina by Aline SmithsonJuly 31st, 2017

Bryce Lankard shows off the fancy Click! event banner. photo by Lori Vrba.

Photolucida 2017 Revisited by Aline SmithsonMay 29th, 2017

My business office at Photolucida

I think that this was my sixth or seventh Photolucida experience, one of the granddaddy portfolio review events that takes place every other year in April

Month of Photography Denver Reviews, Hosted by CPAC by Grant GillMay 19th, 2017

©From the Hip Photo, Reception for Remember Me: Bree Lamb & Anne Leighton Massoni

A little over a month ago, Lenscratch was graciously invited to review portfolios during Month of Pho

The Photo Alliance Portfolio Reviews by Aline SmithsonMay 1st, 2017

Review participants heading to the reviews

This past March, I had the wonderful opportunity to review portfolios at the PhotoAlliance Reviews in San Francisco, held at the SF Art Institute

On Getting an MFA: Article #3 by Sarah StankeyApril 15th, 2017

“Pushing Up Daisies” © Sarah J Stankey

This second semester of working towards my MFA has been possibly even more eye opening than the first.

On Getting an MFA: Article #2 by Sarah StankeyFebruary 2nd, 2017

Lake Superior on the Wisconsin side in February © Sarah J Stankey

Week three of my second semester as a graduate student has come quickly.

2016 in the Rearview Mirror by Aline SmithsonDecember 31st, 2016

What a long, strange and emotional year it has been.
Taking this day to reflect and rest. Thank you for your support this year, as always.

A First Timers Guide to Review Santa Fe by Carol ErbDecember 21st, 2016

A few weeks ago, photographer Carol Erb traveled to New Mexico to attend her first Review Santa Fe Portfolio Review.

Matthew Baum: Syllables of Recorded Time by Aline SmithsonNovember 27th, 2016

©Matthew Baum

Some years ago, after reviewing his photographs at Photolucida, I featured the work of Matthew Baum on LENSCRATCH.

Fran Forman: Halsnoy Kloster by Aline SmithsonNovember 20th, 2016

When I heard that my friend and photographic artist Fran Forman was enjoying an artist residency in Norway, I was intrigued and excited for her (and adm