Cindy Weisbart is a documentary photographer and public high school history teacher in Somerville, Massachusetts.

She is inspired by the collaboration, photo critique and social analysis of The Photo League, the Kamoinge Collective and the Bronx Documentary Center.

She pursues visual stories where the personal is political, and the local is universal.

Her work has been exhibited and published in online publications, the Boston area, Atlanta and New York.

On sabbatical in 2019, Cindy studied teen photography programs in New York City, and now offers a history elective based in student-produced work: “Social Documentary Photography, History and Civic Agency.”

Cindy is a member of Women Photograph.

https://www.instagram.com/cindyweisbart/

Hoho Chen says, “ I hail from Taiwan, and my only sister, Alice, calls New Zealand her home. I'm a visual storyteller, while Alice works as a nurse. We've already caught our childhood dreams, and now, we're setting sail towards the deeper mysteries of life. So, we're off to explore the world our hearts long for.”

IMAGES FOR SALE

Serene- 11"H x 14" W
Archival paper
$150 unframed
Limited edition of 10

Stage of life- 9.6"H x 12.8" W
Archival paper
$150 unframed
Limited edition of 10


Taiking- 9.6"H x 12.8" W
Archival paper
$150 unframed
Limited edition of 10

Contact:Hoho Chen ｜she79420@gmail.com

https://instagram.com/shelover161111?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==
 

IMAGES-

Air and Water - 7" x 4.25" 
Polaroid diptych mounted on archival paper
NFS

Come away with me - 11" x 14" w
Archival paper
NFS

Guardian - 8" x 10"
Polaroid with gold leaf mounted on archival paper
NFS

www.jocelynmathewes.art
www.instagram.com/jocelynmathewes.art
 

Manuel Elías was born in Lima, Peru. His practice is driven by an eagerness to explore and capture the unique emotions of each moment. 

Through his meditative gaze, he navigates beyond the surface; revealing the intrigue and hidden ambiguity of poetic depictions in ordinary life. 

After graduating from the University of Lima, where he majored in film-making, cinematography, and advertising; he relocated to New York City to pursue his passion for photography. 

Currently, he works as a photographer at the United Nations Headquarters, capturing compelling moments and conveying powerful narratives through his images.

https://www.meliasphoto.com/
https://www.instagram.com/stgrapho/

Mara Zaslove is a fine art photographer who thrives on creating visual conversations that embrace the human spirit and the beauty of the natural world.
 
She received a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and later, a Teaching Credential at U.C.L.A.  After completing her MA in Counseling and Guidance from California State, Northridge, she became a Licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist.

Her background as a therapist informs her photographic work and brings a heightened sensitivity to how she perceives the world.  It also assisted her in developing coursework to teach photography to typical and special needs children at a variety of institutions. 

Mara has acted as a volunteer photographer for the Inner-City Arts program as well as the Donna Sternberg Dance Company.  She also served as the Staff Photographer for Diavolo, an internationally renowned dance company based in Los Angeles.

Her photographs have been exhibited in juried group shows both nationally and internationally.  She has had multiple images posted on YourDailyPhotograph.com and has received numerous awards including Finalist and Honorable Mention in several categories of the 11th-20th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. 

She has been published in F-Stop Magazine, Shots Magazine and Shadow and Light Magazine on many occasions. A group of her images taken of the performance 'Mending' by the Donna Sternberg Dance Company were published in the L.A.Dance Chronicle. 

Several of her images have been included in the book titled 'California Love' __ A Visual Mixtape curated by Michael Rababy. 

Mara was recently interviewed about her journey as a photographer that was published in Voyage LA.  She lives with  her adorable rescue dog, Sasha, in sunny Santa Monica, CA.

Mara Zaslove says of her entry, "These women are sisters with a past. Unfortunately, I was not able to coax them into sharing it with me.  I had seen them frequently walking in my neighborhood and would always try to capture their image surreptitiously since they seemed to be in their own world.

One sister would always walk a little slumped with her chin touching her chest.  The other sister seemed to take the lead as they set their course to run errands. The most remarkable thing about them was their attire.

Whenever I saw them, they were wearing colorful clothing that was accompanied by a variety of hats.  Their outfits looked like they were from another time but reflected their individuality.  Sometimes I would see them further from home and would watch people’s reactions to them when they passed by. 

Observing them from afar, I was fascinated by their tight bond and dependency on each other, as if they were attached by an umbilical cord. 

I wish that I could have learned more about their background. Once I cautiously approached them as they were coming out of their apartment.  I tried to make casual conversation but didn’t want to be intrusive.  We had a cordial exchange but I was not able to coax them into sharing anything about their past.  As I didn’t wish to seem intrusive or keep them from their outing, I continued walking with my dog. 

Most likely they were in their 90’s.  Sadly, several months later, I noticed that one of them had passed away.  The other sister became more reclusive and within 6 months, she also died.

I hope that these images stand as a memorial to their special relationship with each other."

IMAGES FOR SALE-

Look-alike Sisters- 
Archival paper
$350 unframed
Limited edition of 12
Signed on back.
 
Sisterly Outing
Archival paper
$350 unframed
Limited edition of 12
Signed on back.
 
Springtime Outfits
Archival paper
$350 unframed
Limited edition of 12
Signed on back.

Contact: Mara Zaslove
zaslovemara@gmail.com

www.marazaslove.com
www.instagram.com/marazaslove4
 

Meghan E. Jones says. "Combining creative artistic expression with the integrity so deeply rooted in the photojournalism of my past, I capture the energy of excitement and anticipation right before something big happens.

I seek out quiet moments of calm and reflective repose in a chaotic setting. I search for that scene behind the scene and catch the details that others might miss.

I record other people’s perspectives, as well as my own, and what it means to be vulnerable. How these vulnerabilities bring us closer together, even if we don’t share the exact experience. 

In photographing my surroundings, I explore my own personal struggles, illustrate the stories of others, and find a connection to truth-all while finding beauty in the everyday.

I am a documentary photographer, and I photograph the truth."
 
Meghan E. Jones explores the connections of beauty, authenticity, and vulnerability through creative storytelling photography.

Born in Virginia Beach into a military home, living throughout the U.S. and traveling the world inspired her to seek out the truth in her surroundings through art.

After graduation in 2001 from Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., Meghan moved to Seattle to pursue her photojournalism career.
 
Meghan’s work combines the creative artistic expression with integrity so deeply rooted in photojournalism.

Her passion for documentary truth seeking through beautiful photographs inspires her to create images that inspire the viewer to ask questions, see themselves, and find connection with her work.

Her photos have been published in The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Seattle PI, The King County Journal, Sound Publishing Newspapers and various online publications. 

www.mejphotography.com
www.instagram.com/meghanejonesphoto/
 

After graduating magna cum laude from Philadelphia’s Drexel University with a degree in Photography, L.A. based artist Natalie Obermaier moved to Seattle where she worked alongside acclaimed photographer, Jock Sturges.

Working in the darkroom five days a week for three years under his guidance, she mastered the craft of black and white photographic printing, while also acting as his studio manager and model.

Following this intensive immersion into large format black and white photography, she traveled extensively, discovering her own voice as an artist. 

Her early bodies of work in black and white film are soulful and classic, showing a natural and deep connection with the people she photographs.

In addition to her black and white work, in 2012 the artist began taking a photograph every day for 365 days of the year, using multiple formats, from film to iPhone. The results were printed and exhibited at the end of each year for three consecutive years as immersive installations. 

Currently Obermaier has turned her attention to hand-cut collage, sourcing her materials primarily from the glossy pages of women’s fashion magazines. 

When she isn’t lighting sets for Mark Seliger, David La Chapelle and other commercial photographers, she continues to explore her own visual vocabulary and exhibit her work around the country.

www.NatalieObermaier.com
www.Instagram.com/kobramaier
 

Patricia Sandler is a photo-based visual artist who believes passionately in the notion of art as catalyst to stimulate the heart, the mind and the memory.

Her love of and belief in the power of words has also played a significant part in her projects, many of which center on the complexities, interactions and histories of family, both biological and chosen.  She is also fond of mystery, poetry and absurdity, and looks forward to the many moments of discovery and revelation that are presented daily if one's eyes and heart are open.    
Patricia has exhibited her photography in many group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe.

She has been awarded honorable mentions on two occasions for The Julia Margaret Cameron Award, has been featured in Lenscratch and has pieces in the permanent collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Center for Photography at Woodstock permanent print collection, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art/College Art Gallery at S.U.N.Y., New Paltz, New York.  

Patricia Sandler says of her series, 
'The Vanishing', "Six months ago, my sister passed away.  She had been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer 4 months after our mother’s passing.  The profound period of time between diagnosis and dying was a summation of all things it is to be human; fear, hope, anger, disbelief, regret, love, loss and grief.  

We struggled together, she and I, caught in this period of time between our history and our unknown future. I could never have imagined the enormity of grief that has engulfed me.  

The pieces in The Vanishing are photo-assemblage, either two or three dimensional.  They have arisen directly out of my sorrow. They speak to my relationship with my sister.  The ripping, tearing and new juxtapositions of these collages are expressive of the most intimate moments of my life, my sister’s life and of our relationship.  

Accompanying someone you love on their last journey, to the flatline on the monitor and beyond, is difficult, and much like the process in making the artwork in this series, it disrupts, destroys and rebuilds the internal landscape, all the time hoping for resolution. 

The artwork in this series seeks its meaning from image, symbol, metaphor and materials, and the ways in which they are juxtaposed, overlapped, ripped away or modified.  Sometimes this process is conscious, and sometimes it reveals itself through the ongoing work. The unfolding of each piece has been one of repeated creation and destruction which does not cease until resolution occurs.  The images reflect my personal experience and perhaps approach a universal experience as well. This artmaking requires trust, as does the grieving process, and both require remaining engaged despite any assurance that I will land in a place of clarity in both my internal world and in the external work.

I have resisted both the art process and the grieving at times, not wanting to acknowledge and reflect upon the frustration, the difficulty and the anger. Despite this, in both the series, The Vanishing, and in life, I have worked to create a wholeness and a new configuration that holds my thoughts, feelings and beliefs. In both cases, it is a map for moving forward."

 www.patriciasandler.com
 www.instagram.com/psandlerphotog 

Paula Rae Gibson says of her series, 'More Sisters Than Sister', "For me , with my daughter being an only child, I was nervous that she would suffer from not having brothers and sisters. But then looking around at my circle of girl friends, how they are my sisters for sure, how the love we have for eachother, is soul level, deeper than blood, the fear went. I have watched her gather her people, her siblings, her family. I wanted to celebrate this, and these images are of best friends, Elisa and Stella more sister than sisters.

IMAGES FOR SALE

Unframed, signed, editions of 5 ,
$1800  each
A3 museum archive print.
Contact: paularaegibson@yahoo.com

www.paularaegibson.com
www.instragram.com/paularaegibson_

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. 

The photographs submitted for Siblings were taken of my twin daughters. Any sibling relationship is intense, but that is particularly the case with twins. These photographs seek to show the enduring connection that exists not only during active play, but even in those quiet moments of shared solitude.”

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

www.instagram.com/lassman_lenswork
 

Richard Coda has exhibited his work  in One Person Exhibits in Arizona and N. Jersey. 

His work has been reviewed in The Newark Star Ledger and The New York Times. His work has been published in The Photo Review, Asylum Magazine/ William Paterson College, Best of Photography Annual/Photographers Forum and his work is held in the collections of the California Museum of Photography and Windham Hill Productions.

Image for Sale:

Siblings 1981- 7 "H x 16” W
Ink print on archival paper
Composite of 4x5” litho film negatives, scanned and re-colored (original done in darkroom and hand colored in 1981)
$250 unframed
Signed on front

Contact: Richard Coda rich@richardcoda.com

www.richardcoda.com
www.instagram.com/rcodapics
 

Rosely Htoo is a conceptual contemporary artist based in New York State. 

She holds an Associate Degree in Science from Mohawk Valley Community College and a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art and Art Photography from Syracuse University.

These educational pursuits have served as a foundation for honing her creative skills and refining her artistic vision.

Htoo adopts a multi-dimensional approach to art, utilizing mediums such as photography, videography, and installations. 

This diverse range of artistic expressions allows her to convey a unique perspective and explore the complexities of the human condition. 

Through her work, Htoo seeks to navigate and illuminate the intricacies of human experience, contributing to the rich tapestry of contemporary art.

Rosely Htoo says, “I firmly believe that life offers more than just the mundane, the routine defines our existence, how can we genuinely savor it to the fullest? We often find ourselves brimming with experiences, yet perpetually yearning, endlessly searching.

As someone who continually seeks and explores, there must be a deeper, more profound essence to life beyond the everyday grind. If such a richness exists, how can we attain it? Are there alternative paths to uncovering these hidden treasures, or do we merely wither away like grass with each passing season?

These questions burn passionately within me, compelling me to embark on a quest for answers.

Leveraging the mediums of photography, video, and installation art, I aspire to delve deeper into the exploration and expansion of my understanding of these inquiries.

Art, being a powerful lens through which we perceive human interactions and underlying human behaviors, holds the key to my pursuit. I aim to harness these skills as a vehicle in my relentless search for a fulfilling resolution.

One philosopher who profoundly ignited my enthusiasm for life and the pursuit of answers is none other than Plato, particularly through his allegory 'The Cave,' as shared by Socrates. The profound message I extracted from this narrative is that beyond the confines of the cave lies a radiant light, illuminating the true forms of the shadows perceived by the pioneer. Much like the pioneer trapped within the cave, grappling with the enigma of the shadows, I too believe that life encompasses far more than the routine of day-to-day existence.”Samantha Brinkley says, “My mother made it a priority after my father died for my siblings and I to always be close. 

I find it interesting that the majority of people I speak to seem to have a rocky or negative relationship with their siblings. I cannot imagine my life without mine. These photographs are a small reflection of that.”

 

Samantha Brinkley says, "My mother made it a priority after my father died for my siblings and I to always be close. I find it interesting that the majority of people I speak to seem to have a rocky or negative relationship with their siblings. I cannot imagine my life without mine. These photographs are a small reflection of that."

Samantha Brinkley is an emerging photographer living and working in Rhinebeck, New York.

She graduated from SUNY Purchase in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts and a minor in Art History.

She was recently an intern at The Center for Photography at Woodstock and Musée Magazine.

She currently works at ArtCraft Photoworks as a digital lab technician.

Samantha’s practice combines her academic background of Gender Studies, Art History and Fine Art to create pieces centered in activism.

Her series "Barely Legal” explores the role that women and girls’ bodies play in advertisements that aim to normalize attraction to younger girls. It has also won several awards including the 2nd Place Juror's Prize for Photowork 2021 at Barrett Art Center. 

Her work in this series along with other pieces about familial struggle and allyship have been featured in exhibitions with ASK, Don’t Smile, Queen City 15 Fine Art Gallery, WAAM, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, and more.

www.samanthabrinkley.myportfolio.com/home
www.instagram.com/samibrinkley/
 

Marna Bell says, “‘Closer To Home’ is a collection of photographs taken between 1970 and the present. The focus of this series is a longing for an idealized time when life seemed simpler. 

Childhood amnesia left me with vague, disjointed memories of my youth. In the 1970s, I started taking photographs of Coney Island and Brighton Beach.

Several years ago, I found these negatives in my attic in plastic sleeves that were badly decomposed by time. I have revived some of these early images and integrated them with the photographs I have taken over the years in different locations. The more recent images have offered me a bridge to the kinetic energy of Coney Island. In this fantasy world of the past, excitement and escape is guaranteed, just as it was when I was riding on the merry-go-round with my father trying to catch the brass ring.”

Marna Bell is an award-winning American photographer whose work has been featured in international publications, solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries, including Clarion State College, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Inst., Utica, NY, and Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. 

She received a New York State Council of the Arts Grant and a Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation award, and has been featured in Black and White magazine. 

Her book, “Hudson Past/Perfect” is in Howard Greenberg’s Gallery in New York City. Bell received a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Syracuse University in painting.

www.marnabell.com

 

Susan Kaufer Carey is a Los Angeles and New York based visual artist and writer who uses photography and mixed media to tell stories of identity and reclamation.  

Through photography, encaustic, mixed media, poetry and prose, her work explores reclamation of authenticity, vulnerability, creativity and humanity.  

Despite our vast differences, her work reveals the common threads that unite us all. 

Susan got her BA in theater at Bennington College, then worked in New York City for fashion photographer Joel Brodsky where she honed her darkroom skills printing for the book Brodsky shot of Jim Morrison and the Doors. 

While living and working in Rome, Italy refining her work as a street photographer she earned her Italian Press Pass, moved back to her hometown of Los Angeles and opened a portrait studio specializing in fine art nudes, album covers, pregnancy and newborn portraits. 

In 2015 Susan closed her commercial studio to focus soley on her fine art. 

Susan’s  work has been exhibited at The dnj Gallery, The Neutra Museum, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles Photographers Association Gallery 825, LA Artcore, Art Share LA, Sparrow Gallery, A Smith’s Gallery, Black Box Gallery , A Photo Place Gallery, Hilliard Gallery and Ph21 Gallery in Budapest. 

Her work has been featured in the book “California Love”, F-stop magazine and Aint-Bad Contemporary Art Magazine. 

Her photography and poetry have been featured in Art and Cake Magazine. Her work is held in private collections in the US and Rome, Italy.  

www.susancareyphoto.com
www. instagram.com./susankaufercarey

Review by Curator Laurie Freitag: "I can almost hear the hilarity, the laughs, the extreme sounds of joy that children make when they are doing something that surprises them and tickles their funny bone. The trust in each other, the abandon, the extreme discovery of doing something a little crazy-that only can be discovered through the intimate play that two people share growing up together. 

The photograph becomes a timeless window into the purity of the shared human experience, reminding us of the profound impact that a single, well-timed photograph can have in encapsulating the magic inherent in everyday moments.
“Can you speak a bit about 'The Net'? Are these your children and if so, you must have endless images of siblings, why did you choose this image to submit. What about it spoke to you?”

Thouly Dosios says, “It was the family photo albums that my dad meticulously maintained that drew me into the magic of photography. Growing up I found immense pleasure in perusing them over and over again. The images helped me weave together loose threads of narrative from our collective family history. Most importantly, however, scrutinizing these intimate moments frozen in time, seemed to offer a glimpse into my parents’ and other loved ones’ inner existence in a way I could not otherwise access. 

As a teenager, my dad gifted me his Pentax and, overnight, I became the unofficial official documentarian of the family. This was the start of a lifelong commitment to photographing daily life, my camera an extension of my living and breathing alongside family, exploring and expressing my feelings in a way that felt intuitive, unfiltered, and more comfortable.

The two siblings in the image, playing with a mosquito net, are my son and my daughter. The image was taken during the first year of the pandemic, a time when our already airtight family quartet became, due to the monumental circumstances, even more insularly enmeshed.

The net, for me, expresses both the idea of capture and confinement, and that of a nexus, a lifeline, a safe and interdependent ecosystem that provides support, security, and nourishment. Although I made the image as part of my ongoing exploration of my own experience of motherhood, what speaks to me most about it is the sense of intimacy, trust, and playfulness it captures between my two kids. Their utter delight to be with each other, even when the world has shut down, and the exuberant joy they’re able to express unabashedly, speaks to me of the net of siblinghood as both harbor and armor and also, in some personal way, provides a compass to my own journey of motherhood. “

Freitag asks, “Are there specific artists or photographers that have influenced your work?”

Dosios says, “There are numerous artists from all sorts of disciplines I deeply admire and whose work I’m certain has influenced me subliminally. But the ones who’ve undoubtedly had an immense impact on my psyche and my creative expression have been the teachers and mentors I’ve been lucky to have crossed paths with. As an Undergrad, I studied photography with Chris Killip and filmmaking with Dusan Makavejev. Their mentorship stirred in me a personal revolution of sorts, in regards to how I viewed my pursuit of learning and was instrumental to my dedication to the visual arts as a lifelong practice; Susan Meiselas  gifted me with my first internship opportunity over the course of an inspiring and formative summer; Gyula Gazdag who mentored me throughout the development of my short films has had a tremendous influence in shaping how approach my creative process; Julia Dean offered me a vital photographic community in LA; my fellow artists at the Los Angeles Street Collective are a source of a vibrant and fertile dialogue; and Mary Ellen Mark reignited my love for and commitment to the medium, her thoughtful mentorship during her workshop in Oaxaca having pushed me to go outside of my comfort zone while providing encouragement at a critical juncture in my life. These artists have influenced me in profound ways, not only through their remarkable work, but also as models of rigor, perseverance and humanism. “

Thouly Dosios is a photographer and filmmaker. She holds an M.F.A. in Film Directing from UCLA and a B.A. in Visual Studies from Harvard University where she studied photography under Chris Killip and interned with Susan Meiselas. 

Thouly has since participated in workshops with Mary Ellen Mark, Sam Abell, Julia Dean and Constantine Manos.

For the last decade she has documented life in the streets of Los Angeles, as well as intimate moments of her own family life. She is a member of the Los Angeles Street Collective.

Thouly grew up in Athens, Greece, and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Her image 'The Net' garnered her L.A. Photo Curator of the Year (2023). To read the review of the image go to this link:
https://laphotocurator.com/2023-best-of-l-a-n-y-photo-curator/2023-photographer-of-the-year/1

www.lastreetcollective.com/thouly-dosios/
www.instagram.com/cameraylouth/
 

 

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