Interdisciplinary artist and writer Donna Gordon was awarded the 2025 Denis Roussel Award through Rfotofolio. Her submission featured a series of exquisite photogravure portraits of women situated within the natural world, evoking contemporary visions of Eve in the Garden of Eden. Juror Christopher James praised the work, writing, “This body of work is grounded in myth and meaning
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Cozette Russell builds densely shadowed worlds that reverberate through imagery and surface, considering time as a tactile material in itself. Intimate moments of her life are split, repeated, and coerced into forms that echo a rhythmic heartbeat on their own. Russell’s work is autobiographical and closely questions overlapping elements of care, feminism, and the many
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Photography Educator is a monthly series on Lenscratch. Once a month, we celebrate a dedicated photography teacher by sharing their insights, strategies and excellence in inspiring students of all ages. These educators play a vital role in student development, acting as mentors and guides who create environments where students feel valued and supported, fostering confidence and resilience.…
Each year during Earth Week I curate a collection of photographic projects from artists who are working to make the often-invisible nature of the global climate and the ecological crisis more visible using conceptual, lens-based art techniques. The arts – and the visual arts in particular – have a unique capacity to confront audiences with
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New Museum Los Gatos is has recently opened a group exhibition, Salon Jane: Resonance, featuring new works of traditional, alternative process, digital, and mixed media photographic art that highlight the innovation and collective wisdom that emerges from this unique artistic group. The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 28, 2026 For over a decade, the artists of
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I was recently contacted by Frank Konhaus who established Cassilhaus, a unique gallery and artist residency in North Carolina. I was lucky to attend an exhibition at Cassilhaus during the Click Photo Festival some years back and the memory of the experience has stayed with me. Frank wanted to share a new exhibition of work by Mort O’Sullivan, a photographer and printmaker
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In a time where digital photography is available to the masses, making everyone a photographer, the appeal of a practice that is tangible, tactile, and slowed down, has brought back a roaring interest in all things analog. On April 10th and 11th, the Los Angeles Center of Photography will host the first (and hopefully annual) ANALOG
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When I think of Mexico Week I don’t just see it as a series of interviews, but as a compass of what’s yet to come. Seven artists, each working from a different place—whether it’s femininity, nature, society, history, identity, architecture, or the unconscious—share an undoubtable longing to express themselves in an innovative and true way.
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When I think of Mexico Week I don’t just see it as a series of interviews, but as a compass of what’s yet to come. Seven artists, each working from a different place—whether it’s femininity, nature, society, history, identity, architecture, or the unconscious—share an undoubtable longing to express themselves in an innovative and true way.
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For Bryan Whitney, photography is a magical process that allows him to capture some of the mysterious visions that would otherwise have stayed in his head. The New York City-based artist and educator explores the intersection of spiritual and photographic practices and also how photography functions in the real, physical space, beyond prints, screens and
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The Center for Photographic Art recently opened the exhibition, Binh Danh, Belonging in the National Parks, that will run through March 22, 2026. This recent series of daguerreotypes celebrates the United States National Park system during its 110 th anniversary year and also asks the question of who belongs in the National Parks? The daguerreotype is both mirror
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The picture possesses the kind of whimsy that puts me in mind of Marc Chagall’s canvases. What is remarkable is the extent to which the photogravure elicits our own joy, our own floating. There is no need to reconcile the discrepancy between the magical world of the photo and the 1930s; I would argue we
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As a long time friend and fan of the work and person of artist Amy Friend, I was delighted to not only reunite with her at Paris Photo, but also have a chance to see her new monograph, Firelight published by L’Artiere. It it is a unique book design created for unique work. The book sits in a blue
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Artist/educator Bryan Whitney is this week’s guest editor on LENSCRATCH. Over the next four days, he introduces the work of four of his past students at the International Center of Photography whose practices revolve around spirituality, inner-life, and the natural world. Concerning the Spiritual in Photography is a course I have taught for many years at the International
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Artist/educator Bryan Whitney is this week’s guest editor on LENSCRATCH. Over the next four days, he introduces the work of four of his past students at the International Center of Photography whose practices revolve around spirituality, inner-life, and the natural world. Concerning the Spiritual in Photography is a course I have taught for many years at the International
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In early November 2025, I was invited to CENTER’s Review Santa Fe. Being my first time in the Southwest and experience on the Reviewer side of the table, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. As an educator, I love reviewing work; when others hear “critique,” they may shy away, but I love the experience
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In early November 2025, I was invited to CENTER’s Review Santa Fe. Being my first time in the Southwest and experience on the Reviewer side of the table, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. As an educator, I love reviewing work; when others hear “critique,” they may shy away, but I love the experience
View the rest of Review Santa Fe: Patricia Howard: Unknown Ancestors on LENSCRATCH.