Category Archives: 1:1000 Featured Photographers

June 2011 Featured Photographer : Lauren Henkin

The extent of many people’s experience in the small capital city of Charleston, West Virginia, is undoubtedly the drive through it on an interstate highway. Still, a brief stop may be in order. As evinced by Lauren Henkin’s photographs of … Continue reading

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Jonathan Traviesa in Pelican Bomb, New Orleans’ Recently Launched Online Art Publication

  Jonathan Traviesa is the latest Louisiana artist to be featured in the online magazine, Pelican Bomb. Mississippi native-turned-New-Orleanian, Benjamin Morris, writes at length about Traviesa’s decade-long portraiture project in New Orleans. He offers a local’s perspective on Traviesa’s expanding … Continue reading

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June 2011 Featured Photographer : Alexander Diaz

Although the rate of growth has slowed in recent years, the past decade saw an almost 25% increase in the number of Florida’s housing units and commercial spaces. Alexander Diaz’s photographs of the state’s peculiar mountains show this transition from … Continue reading

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May 2011 Featured Photographers : Farnell & Powell

Rising gas prices may be making Sunday drives unfeasible for families today, but they were once popular across the United States. Inspired by the outings of their youth and evoking the macabre curiosity of children, Cynthia Farnell and Dan Powell … Continue reading

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May 2011 Featured Photographer : Eliot Dudik

Visitors to the Lowcountry may easily overlook the fact that the water is not just an attraction, but a way of life. Even as new developments shift the social and environmental makeup of South Carolina’s East Coast, Eliot Dudik’s photographs … Continue reading

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April 2011 Featured Photographer : Tommy Kha

Referencing the mid-20th century CBS game show of the same name, Tommy Kha’s self-portrait series What’s My Line? shows Kha in a variety of fictional occupations. These photographs examine the dynamic between familial expectations and personal aspirations. Click here to … Continue reading

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April 2011 Featured Photographer : Maury Gortemiller

Maury Gortemiller’s photography series All-time Lotion explores the meanings we assign to everyday objects and situations. By both intuitively photographing and choreographing mundane moments, he invites viewers to draw their own conclusions on his photographs’ contexts and intentions.Click here to … Continue reading

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March 2011 Featured Photographer : Jonathan Traviesa

Jonathan Traviesa has photographed a close circle of New Orleanians for more than a decade. Now he’s turning his attention to New Orleans’ newest residents—the Latino immigrants, social service workers, and artists who are reshaping the city post-Katrina. Click here … Continue reading

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March 2011 Featured Photographer : Donna Pinckley

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that "a child is a curly, dimpled lunatic." This selection of photographs from Donna Pinckley’s Southern Depictions does not completely contradict the sentiment, but it does help dignify the complexities of adolescence. Click here to … Continue reading

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February 2011 Featured Photographer : Hollis Bennett

In his ongoing project American Weekend, Hollis Bennett explores the curious leisure hours between Friday evening and Monday morning. Bennett’s photographs were taken in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Click here to see Bennett’s project. Click here to see more of … Continue reading

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