We are pleased to announce the conclusion of the 2025 PhotoWork Senior Fellowship. Over six months, Fellows worked closely with their dedicated advisors to adapt a personal photographic project into the photo book format. Through focused mentorship, they engaged deeply with the practical and conceptual… Read More »Celebrating the 2025 PhotoWork Senior Fellows
Atlanta, Georgia | Mentor: Ron Jude José Ibarra Rizo (American, born Mexico, b. 1992) is a lens-based artist based in Atlanta, GA. His work explores cultural memory, migration, and identity, with a focus on the migrant experience in the American South. He was awarded the inaugural… Read More »José Ibarra Rizo
Portland, Oregon | Mentor: Raymond Meeks Will Matsuda (b. 1993) is a Japanese American photographer and writer focusing on his culture, his family, and the environment. His work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, and The New Yorker, among many other publications. A… Read More »Will Matsuda
Brooklyn, New York | Mentor: Kristine Potter Michelle Arcila is a Costa Rican/American photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2002 with a BFA in photography. Her work primarily focuses on family, motherhood, bicultural identity, and… Read More »Michelle Arcila
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha is joined by photographer, publisher, editor, and educator Nelson Chan. Together, they trace the winding path that led Nelson to his dream job as a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Along the way,… Read More »Nelson Chan
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, artist, photographer, and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell joins Sasha to discuss his Aperture book, Wish This Was Real. Tyler speaks candidly about learning by doing, the value of taking risks, and the creative rewards that follow. He and… Read More »Tyler Mitchell
These conversations bring together photographers whose work reveals the many ways images can shape, honor, and question our sense of community. From long-term collaborations and family ties to revisiting past projects with new eyes, these episodes explore how artists build trust, navigate representation, and find… Read More »Photographing Community
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, April Watson, Senior Curator of Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, joins Sasha to discuss her upcoming exhibition, American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today. The two dive into an insider’s… Read More »April Watson
In this 100th episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha and Michael celebrate with some of their favorite clips from the past 5 years. They also play some wonderful tributes from listeners and guests who submitted recordings to help celebrate this milestone for the show.… Read More »PhotoWork’s 100th Episode
Photography has long served as a means of mapping our relationship to the land, and these conversations explore the many ways artists respond to the natural world around them.
