American Photographic Artists National
Thu 22nd Aug, 2024
Chelsea Marrin is a Brooklyn-based portrait and editorial photographer who focuses on connection and candor to capture raw emotion. Having started her professional journey in Chicago, the midwest charm she’s brought to New York City has allowed her to share in telling stories as varied as they are compelling. From artists, to business owners, to community leaders, she finds joy in sharing unique perspectives, and through that process allowing her subjects to feel seen.
Threads of Hope With all of the war and suffering plaguing the world today, I think it is more important than ever to present stories of hope and perseverance. Next to my photo studio in Brooklyn is a little tattoo shop named Tingle Studios. The owner, Anastasiia Ferman, is an immigrant from Ukraine. The destruction of her hometown has broken her heart in ways she didn't know possible, but the spirit her people have shown in their fight for freedom has also inspired within her an immense pride.
O-Young Kwon is a child of Korean immigrants and was born in Berlin, Germany. His perception of photography led him to look into different subcultures and made him aware of certain social issues, which are often rooted in political circumstances. So he inevitably turned into a conscientious photographer following ethical principles. His documentary work endevours to be powerful, exposing social ills and injustice. He offers an authentic perspective, characterized by human empathy and critical reflection, that invites us to accept and take responsibility. Giving a voice to marginalized people that needs to be heard, revealing both beauty and the vulnerability in the lives of us all.
Echoes of Volta As the sun rises over the picturesque waters of Lake Volta, a disturbing reality of human trafficking is hidden, where children continue to fall victim of exploitation. They are subjected into hazardous conditions and forced to dive into the murky waters to untangle nets without adequate swimming skills where drowning is no isolated case. Their voices remain unheard, lost in the echoes of the largest man-made reservoir in the world. Many are sold by their poverty-stricken families under the guise of providing better opportunities and simply as a means of survival, while the lack of awareness, education and weak law enforcement allows traffickers to operate with impunity.
Pedro Luís Ajuriaguerra Saiz (Muskiz, Bizkaia, 1974). A self-taught photographer, he began his career back in 2011, discovering a passion that was unknown to him. His beginnings only encouraged his growing concerns, making him try almost all the disciplines of photography, standing out mainly in sports photography. architectural photography and more recently in macrophotography. He defines himself as a “predator of moments”, where his photographs are the prey to be captured and once photographed they go into the background, in search of new objectives to capture.
Insects, the little great unknowns Thanks to Macrophotography we can discover and appreciate details that would otherwise go completely unnoticed by most of us. In the project that I show you "Insects, the little great unknowns" I have photographed different types of arthropods giving them great prominence and showing their particular beauty. You will be able to see all kinds of insects, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Beetles, Wasps, Mosquitoes, Flies etc. each one more extravagant and surprising, with a multitude of details. A damselfly, which with the drops of dew is transformed into a portrait of a monster or whatever your imagination suggests to you.
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