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The 2021 Vernacular Photography Exhibition by Aline SmithsonJune 12th, 2021

FIRST PLACE WINNER ©Annette LeMay Burke, My Playhouse, San Mateo, CA, IG @atelierlemay

A huge thank you to our juror, Greg Sand, and to all who have shared your work with us.

Focus on Vernacular: The Anonymous Project by Aline SmithsonJune 10th, 2021

©Courtesy of the Anonymous Project

We recently talked with Lee Shulman, Film director, Founder and Curator of The Anonymous Project.

Focus on Vernacular: Maggie Callahan: Unknowingly and Everywhere by Aline SmithsonJune 9th, 2021

©Maggie Callahan, Untitled#12

Some months ago, Lenscratch had a call for physically altered photographs which resulted in a wonderful exhibition, The Artist Intervenes, jurored by Adriene

Focus on Vernacular: Greg Sand: Chronicle by Aline SmithsonJune 7th, 2021

©Greg Sand, Gestures, from Chronicle

To begin this week of celebrating artists using vernacular or found photographs, we need to describe this ever expanding genre.

The Artist Intervenes: Ricardo Miguel Hernández by Emma FrohardtMarch 2nd, 2021

©Ricardo Miguel Hernandez, from When the memory turns to dust

What does it mean to be an archaeologist of imagery? Through utilizing found images to construct photographic collages, Hava

Michael Grant: Do You Want to Dance? by Aaron R. TurnerFebruary 27th, 2021

©Michael Grant, Connie, June 1957

To me, the archive is a complex site. Archives can reveal or hide, be hoarded or shared, harm or do good, tell the truth or a lie.

Yael Eban: False Lighthouse by Lisa McCartyDecember 18th, 2020

©Yael Eban, Spread from False Lighthouse

In the final pages of To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf treats readers to one last extended inner monologue from painter Lily Briscoe.

Laurie Blakeslee: The States Project: Idaho by Crystal McBrayerNovember 10th, 2020

©Laurie Blakeslee, Young Guy

Laurie Blakeslee’s photography is a poignant look inside family, memory and loss, capturing moments of her aging parents and their consuming passions

Kat Davis: How We Were, and Other Possibilities by Aline SmithsonSeptember 7th, 2020

This week, we are excited to introduce five new Lenscratch Content Editors who will be providing expanded perspectives on a variety of topics.

Melissa Catanese: Voyagers by Lisa McCartyJune 6th, 2020

Melissa Catanese’s book Voyagers (published by The Ice Plant) has been a constant on my desk this spring.

The CENTER Awards: Project Launch Grant Winner: Catherine Panebianco by Aline SmithsonMay 12th, 2020

Congratulations to Catherine Panebianco for being selected for CENTER’s Project launch Grant recognizing her project, No Memory is Ever Alone .

Liz Albert: Family Fictions by Aline SmithsonApril 27th, 2020

I first became aware of Liz Albert’s project, Family Fictions, through Float Magazine’s The Road Exhibition.

All posts tagged: "Vernacular"

The 2021 Vernacular Photography Exhibition by Aline SmithsonJune 12th, 2021

Focus on Vernacular: The Anonymous Project by Aline SmithsonJune 10th, 2021

Focus on Vernacular: Maggie Callahan: Unknowingly and Everywhere by Aline SmithsonJune 9th, 2021

Focus on Vernacular: Greg Sand: Chronicle by Aline SmithsonJune 7th, 2021

The Artist Intervenes: Ricardo Miguel Hernández by Emma FrohardtMarch 2nd, 2021

Michael Grant: Do You Want to Dance? by Aaron R. TurnerFebruary 27th, 2021

Yael Eban: False Lighthouse by Lisa McCartyDecember 18th, 2020

Laurie Blakeslee: The States Project: Idaho by Crystal McBrayerNovember 10th, 2020

Kat Davis: How We Were, and Other Possibilities by Aline SmithsonSeptember 7th, 2020

Melissa Catanese: Voyagers by Lisa McCartyJune 6th, 2020

The CENTER Awards: Project Launch Grant Winner: Catherine Panebianco by Aline SmithsonMay 12th, 2020

Liz Albert: Family Fictions by Aline SmithsonApril 27th, 2020

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