Grantee tags photography

The Anacostia Project

Schlyer, Krista

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

This is a multi-year documentary project about the Anacostia River in Washington DC. Photography of this river, its wildlife and people, will be used to raise public consciousness about degradation and restoration of this historic watershed. Read More

Intermarried

Ben-Zion, Yael

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

“Intermarried” explores the notion, and questions the implications, of intermarriage. I initiated the project by sending a message to my New York neighborhood’s online parent group inviting couples who define themselves as ‘mixed’ to participate. Read More

Bad Luck, Hot Rocks

Thompson, Ryan

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

'Bad Luck, Hot Rocks' is a series of photographs of stolen and confiscated petrified wood at the Petrified Forest National Park. 'Temporary Monument' (pictured) was built with returned and confiscated petrified wood at the Petrified Forest. Read More

tracing(s) belonging(s)

Davis, Sonia Louise

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

"tracing(s) belonging(s)" is an ongoing site-specific investigation made both in and about Harlem. Using a large format view camera, I mine the public and private archive, exploring collective memory and family history. *see image credit below* Read More

Martine Fougeron, Trades/Oficios/Métiers (2012)

No Longer Empty

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Martine Fougeron presents a selection of photographs called Trades/Oficios/ Métiers in the South Bronx. The project highlights the historic and economic importance of the industries of Hunts Point and Port Morris to the wider New York community. Read More

First Comes Love

Proud, B.

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

First Comes Love is a celebration of long-term relationships in the LGBTQ community through black and white photographic portraits with accompanying stories, and video. The hardbound book published by Soleil Press will be available in September 2014. Read More

The Fruitful Wound: Photographs of Harlem Gardens

Santella, Dennis

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Since the summer of 2008 I have been mapping and photographing Community Gardens and lots in Harlem. Unlike buildings and storefronts, owned and constructed by others, the gardens are planned and constructed according to the whims of their members. Read More

Love Makes the World Go Round

The Artist's Path Inc.

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

A multi disciplinary project including new theatre works, dance, visual art and music all of which explore the many faces of love. Graphic created by the staff of The Daily Courier Read More

Retracing Audubon: Contemporary Landscapes

Elrick, Krista

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Inspired by Audubon’s widely collected and revered publication Episodes and pre-civil war writings, photographer Krista Elrick reexamines his epic journey. Her landscapes highlight the environmental changes that have occurred in the 200 years. Read More

FotoEvidence Book Award Exhibit

FotoEvidence

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

The annual FotoEvidence Book Award is granted to a photogrpaher whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in the pursuit of social justice and human rights. Each fall, an annual FotoEvidence exhibit in NYC honors the winner and four finalists. Read More