Posts Tagged ‘Umbrage Editions’
A Girl and Her Room
Photography by Rania Matar Words by Ryan Michael Commins To a teenage girl no space is more sacred than her bedroom. The room becomes an extension of who she is at that time. A fully functional visualization of her hopes, fears and desires fun-tacked to the walls. What struck me most looking at A Girl and Her Room is just how much these rooms tell you about the girl occupying it. The details allowing for an impromptu short story to take place, shaped by your own memories. The cluttered [...]
Grace Before Dying
Photography by Lori Waselchuk Words by Kristy Ann Muniz “There is a common ground in death. It’s the one thing that can unite us,” states a former Louisiana Correctional Facility nurse in Lori Waselchuk’s new book, Grace Before Dying. Through a series of heart-wrenching photographs paired with brief explanatory text, Grace Before Dying explores a program at America’s largest prison that allows inmates to volunteer in the penitentiary’s hospice, to remarkable results. Hard [...]
NEVADA ROSE
Words by Ryan Michael Commins I arrived at Roebling Tea Room a little early to meet with photographer Marc McAndrews. They weren’t open yet so I waited outside, looking at a defaced mural by Australian artist, Lister. I wondered what this guy was going to look like, what he would be like. I stupidly realized that I had no idea of his age, race, etc. I began picturing a balding white man in his forties, touch of a gut, five thousand dollar camera slung around his neck. Eventually one of the [...]
New York: 1968 – 1978
Words by Megan Martin In one of Paul McDonough’s black and white photographs, a priest is walking down the streets of New York City next to a beautiful woman; he is wearing dark shades and a cool, carefree expression as they both gaze curiously into the lens. Sunlight glows in the background, highlighting that this shot, among others, is the manifestation of Manhattan’s past. A Shirley MacLaine poster is plastered on the side of a building and behind the crowds is a sign for Woolworth's, [...]