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Sharifa “Shay”: Photographing Liberation Through the Lens of Shayshotz
In Queens, where culture and identity thrive across generations, interdisciplinary artist and photographer Sharifa “Shay” has dedicated her work to preserving and celebrating Caribbean immigrant communities. Through photography, storytelling, and grassroots mentorship, Shay challenges cultural homogenization, archives overlooked histories, and reimagines liberation as a deeply local, community-driven process.
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Urban Textures: The Significance of Graffiti, Street Art, and the Camera
Venturing through a city’s veins – the alleys, underpasses and hidden corners, we’re often greeted by a burst of colour, a cryptic tag or an elaborate mural that feels like a whisper from the street itself. Over the last few decades, the camera has become a lifeline to these urban inscriptions.
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Caroline Lacoma and the Art of Returning
Some artists use a camera to document. Caroline Lacoma uses one to answer back.
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Street Beauty: Capturing the Ephemeral with Hannah Judah & ATMA
If a tree falls in the woods, but no one is around to hear it, does it make it a sound? Or rather, if a striking mural is painted, but no one is around to see it, can it truly be a masterpiece? Street Art Photographer & co-creator ATMA share the story behind ‘Street Beauty’ a beautiful new hardcover book capturing murals from around the world.
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Alyssa Meadows – Where Women Aren’t As Free
Alyssa Meadows’ “Where Women Aren’t As Free” is an ongoing photography project, with reporting taken from her continuing journey across the United States. It documents the battle over abortion and aims to tell the personal stories of the women affected, as well as to document the on-the-ground protests at clinics across the country.
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Who Doesn’t Have a Seat at the Table? Photojournalism and Social Justice in the Work of Corrie Aune
We met Corrie Aune for coffee in Dumbo and asked about her practice and profession. Aune (she/her) is a New York City-based documentary photographer focusing on issues of local activism, gender, and religion.
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Thanks to Photography, Graffiti is Reaching Beyond its Borders Worldwide
The exhibition ‘With one eye open’ at Pennings Foundation in Eindhoven offers a comprehensive look at graffiti photography. With spectacular images of the creative process, the artists and the culture behind, it offers a rare glimpse into a world that is usually hidden.
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UP2 – It Started with a Pillow: Mr. NYC Subway
As part of our anniversary serie, here’s an article from Issue 2: Travel & Place: Mr. NYC Subway worked on Wall Street for a few years, and resented his morning commute. Riding the train was intolerable until he realized it might have something to do with his own perspective on life; everything changed when he decided to bring a pillow to work.
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Still New York – A Photo Exhibition by Logan Hick at Wall Works Gallery
The Bronx-based gallery and street art boutique WallWorks hosted their latest exhibition, ‘Still New York’ on Saturday May 11th. ‘Still New York’ is a solo show Logan Hicks, a street artist best known for his muralism, however the works in the show focus on his photography.
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Magnani Meets: Kuki from Buenos Aires to Alphabet City
It starts with an encounter, a crossing of paths, and the clic of my camera. The idea behind this column is a real-life conversation that happened haphazardly, out of chance or serendipity. This is the inspiration for Magnani Meets. I ran into Kuki Gomez one cold February afternoon as I was leaving Hotel Untitled in Freeman Alley. Kuki’s addition to the Alley immediately struck me as wonderfully minimal yet utterly original. I took a portrait and asked him a few questions.
