21ST CENTURY PORTRAITS - Michael Rababy & James Payne > Exhibition #3
Exhibition #3
Prescott Moore Lassman/Mary
Prescott Moore Lassman says, "I am a photographer based in Washington, D.C. focusing mainly on black-and-white photography — somewhere between street and documentary with a strong dose of minimalism for good measure.
My subject matter and interests are eclectic, but my approach is mostly intuitive. I search for images that resonate, for moments of synchronicity in everyday life. Because this approach relies on unconscious triggers, my photographs are often richly symbolic, though their meaning is not immediately clear (at least not to me). For me, this is the essence of photography: capturing an image that resonates and then, over the course of months or years, figuring out why.
These portraits are from the Miss Subways reunion held at the iconic Ellen’s Stardust Diner on May 2, 2024. “Miss Subways” was a bi-monthly title awarded to an individual New York City woman between the years 1941 and 1976. Each Miss Subway appeared on posters in the New York City subway trains for a month or two, along with a brief description.
Although Miss Subways invariably were attractive, they were not intended to be “beauty queens.” Instead, they were chosen as examples of real working New Yorker women with their own hopes, dreams, and aspirations. In some ways, Miss Subways was ahead of its time by focusing on the career goals of these women when society’s ideal was focused on being a wife and mother. Some commentators have even described it as “covertly feminist.”
The portraits here were taken more than half a century after the women appeared in the subway posters they are holding. The dichotomy between the two portraits raises complex questions about the passage of time. About not just what has changed over these many decades but, perhaps more importantly, what has remained unchanged."
Career Highlights-
City Hall Art Collection, Washington, DC
Individual Artist Fellowship, DCCAH, Washington, DC
First Place, The Human Spirit, LA Photo Curator
Best In Show, Exposed DC 17th Annual Photo Show, Washington, DC
The Photo Review 2023 Competition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Soho Photo National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Carte Blanche, Lucie Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (online)
8th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
Published in: Black & White Magazine, Shots Magazine, AAP Magazine, The Sun Magazine, Antietam Review, and The Washington Post
My subject matter and interests are eclectic, but my approach is mostly intuitive. I search for images that resonate, for moments of synchronicity in everyday life. Because this approach relies on unconscious triggers, my photographs are often richly symbolic, though their meaning is not immediately clear (at least not to me). For me, this is the essence of photography: capturing an image that resonates and then, over the course of months or years, figuring out why.
These portraits are from the Miss Subways reunion held at the iconic Ellen’s Stardust Diner on May 2, 2024. “Miss Subways” was a bi-monthly title awarded to an individual New York City woman between the years 1941 and 1976. Each Miss Subway appeared on posters in the New York City subway trains for a month or two, along with a brief description.
Although Miss Subways invariably were attractive, they were not intended to be “beauty queens.” Instead, they were chosen as examples of real working New Yorker women with their own hopes, dreams, and aspirations. In some ways, Miss Subways was ahead of its time by focusing on the career goals of these women when society’s ideal was focused on being a wife and mother. Some commentators have even described it as “covertly feminist.”
The portraits here were taken more than half a century after the women appeared in the subway posters they are holding. The dichotomy between the two portraits raises complex questions about the passage of time. About not just what has changed over these many decades but, perhaps more importantly, what has remained unchanged."
Career Highlights-
City Hall Art Collection, Washington, DC
Individual Artist Fellowship, DCCAH, Washington, DC
First Place, The Human Spirit, LA Photo Curator
Best In Show, Exposed DC 17th Annual Photo Show, Washington, DC
The Photo Review 2023 Competition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Soho Photo National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Carte Blanche, Lucie Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (online)
8th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
Published in: Black & White Magazine, Shots Magazine, AAP Magazine, The Sun Magazine, Antietam Review, and The Washington Post
Rusty Weston/Lisa
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
Rusty Weston says of his series, “Of the Mission | de la Misión”, “People who live or work in San Francisco’s Mission District navigate constant change. The corner store looks familiar, but the restaurant across the street has changed hands several times in recent years. It’s a bustling neighborhood where beauty meets decay, the afterlife seems ever-present, and families overcome stark urban challenges.
A decade into living here, I set out to deepen my community connection and ask how the Mission, with its distinctive Latino culture, vivid colors, scents, and textures, permeates our lives. These portraits of people who live or work within this historic neighborhood's 1.481 square mile boundaries, celebrate the Mission in ways we may feel but never see. In this series, participants are transported to real or imagined settings to explore how we are all “of the Mission.”
Rusty Weston is a fine art photographer and content creator in San Francisco, CA. A former journalist, Weston's work in portraiture and landscapes explores the stresses that impinge on urban life and the natural world.
Weston’s “Of the Mission” is a new series of environmental-style portraits celebrating people who live or work in San Francisco’s Mission District — his home for the past decade. In the series a selection of the 58 participants are depicted in digital collages of real or imagined outdoor spaces showcasing how this neighborhood’s distinctive Latino culture, vivid colors, and textures, permeates our lives.
His photography has appeared in exhibitions in the U.S., Italy, Scotland, and Japan, including at the 2023 de Young Open in S.F. and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, along with Galerie XII in Santa Monica, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, the Harvey Milk Photo Center and Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco. Weston is a member of the Bay Area Photographers Collective.
Images for sale:
Ashley, Jonathan, Plutarco, Jamila, Maria - 12"H x 18" W
Lisa - 18”H x 12” W
Archival paper
$350 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Contact: Rusty Weston rusty@rustyweston.com
A decade into living here, I set out to deepen my community connection and ask how the Mission, with its distinctive Latino culture, vivid colors, scents, and textures, permeates our lives. These portraits of people who live or work within this historic neighborhood's 1.481 square mile boundaries, celebrate the Mission in ways we may feel but never see. In this series, participants are transported to real or imagined settings to explore how we are all “of the Mission.”
Rusty Weston is a fine art photographer and content creator in San Francisco, CA. A former journalist, Weston's work in portraiture and landscapes explores the stresses that impinge on urban life and the natural world.
Weston’s “Of the Mission” is a new series of environmental-style portraits celebrating people who live or work in San Francisco’s Mission District — his home for the past decade. In the series a selection of the 58 participants are depicted in digital collages of real or imagined outdoor spaces showcasing how this neighborhood’s distinctive Latino culture, vivid colors, and textures, permeates our lives.
His photography has appeared in exhibitions in the U.S., Italy, Scotland, and Japan, including at the 2023 de Young Open in S.F. and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, along with Galerie XII in Santa Monica, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, the Harvey Milk Photo Center and Minnesota Street Project in San Francisco. Weston is a member of the Bay Area Photographers Collective.
Images for sale:
Ashley, Jonathan, Plutarco, Jamila, Maria - 12"H x 18" W
Lisa - 18”H x 12” W
Archival paper
$350 unframed
Limited edition of 5
Signed on back
Contact: Rusty Weston rusty@rustyweston.com
Rusty Weston/Plutarco
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21ST CENTURY PORTRAITS HOME:
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FIRST PLACE;
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SECOND PLACE:
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:
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BEST SERIES:
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EXHIBITION #1
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EXHIBITION #2
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EXHIBITION #3
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21ST CENTURY PORTRAITS HOME:
https://laphotocurator.com/21st-century-portraits-michael-rababy-james-payne
FIRST PLACE;
https://laphotocurator.com/21st-century-portraits-michael-rababy-james-payne/first-place-hadley-gustafson-steven-kahului-maui-hi-2022/1
SECOND PLACE:
https://laphotocurator.com/21st-century-portraits-michael-rababy-james-payne/second-place-leanne-trivett-s-barcelona-balconies-self-portrait/1
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
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BEST SERIES:
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EXHIBITION #1
https://laphotocurator.com/21st-century-portraits-michael-rababy-james-payne/exhibition-1/1
EXHIBITION #2
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EXHIBITION #3
https://laphotocurator.com/21st-century-portraits-michael-rababy-james-payne/exhibition-3/1