April 2009
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"Down These Mean Streets"
An interview with photographer Will Steacy
by Janna Washington
“The Forum, Philadelphia, 2008” from Down These Mean Streets
Will Steacy is an American photographer. Born in Philadelphia, he received a B.F.A in Photography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Steacy worked as Union Laborer before becoming a photographer. His photographs have been exhibited in...
March 2009
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The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Nan Goldin’s famous slideshow at MoMA
by Janna Ireland
Ryan in the tub, Provincetown, Mass. 1976
Growing up, everyone has that hip friend. You know the one I’m talking about. The worldly girl who sneaks you your first cigarette one afternoon in the bathroom next to the cafeteria. The guy who has his own car while you still depend on your mom to pick you up from the movies. The kid who has the...
February 2009
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50 Beautiful Boxes for 50 Beautiful Films
by Janna Washington
I love a good piece of design almost as much as I love a good movie. It only makes sense, then, that a brilliantly designed movie poster is to me a work of art on par with anything I’ve seen in a museum. The people at the Criterion Collection understand the value of both good films and good design. In designing boxes for their DVD releases of films they have deemed...
January 2009
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“A Strange Sound In The Deep Silence”
Photographer Morgan Levy’s images of Iceland
Interview by Janna Washington
Upon graduating from the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in May of 2007, photographer Morgan Levy was awarded the Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship. The fellowship was established in 1989 by Irwin and Civia Rosenberg in memory of their son Dan, who received his...