Author Archives: One, One Thousand

Located along the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi, Pass Christian has been almost totally destroyed by hurricanes on two separate occasions — once in 1969 by Hurricane Camille and again in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina’s record high storm surge. In … Continue reading →

Recent estimates suggest that as many as a quarter million households in the United States have moved off-the-grid, living without common utilities and modern comforts. Lucas Foglia’s photography project "A Natural Order" looks at different groups of self-sustainers in the … Continue reading →

Rural Virginia’s Twin Oaks Community is among the last remaining 1960s communes in the United States, and most of its members are under the age of 35 and have joined in the last decade. In his photography project "The Communitarians," … Continue reading →

According to Ralph Eugene Meatyard, the masks worn by the subjects in his photographs were meant to function like billboards— "once you get past [them] then you can see into the past (forest, etc.), the present, & the future," he … Continue reading →

Most cultures around the globe continue to adhere to a strict two-gender framework when defining their social systems, yet within many of these cultures, the concept of a "third sex" is acceptable as entertainment. In her project "Dress as Girl," … Continue reading →

In her photography project, Delta Constant, Brooke C. White examines the agricultural practices and geographies of river deltas around the world. Photographing in locales from Mississippi to Vietnam and Kenya, White establishes a visual vocabulary of delta regions while still … Continue reading →

Visual artists have long attempted to interpret the structures and emotional effects of music through their distinct mediums. In On Longing, Distance and Heavy Metal, photographer Pamela Pecchio channels attributes of metal music and her personal struggles and states of … Continue reading →

In On Photography, Susan Sontag writes, "The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes." Embracing this idea of the … Continue reading →