We are pleased to announce the conclusion of the 2025 PhotoWork Junior Fellowship. Over the past six months, our six Junior Fellows have flourished creatively under the guidance of their dedicated mentors. This journey of innovation and growth enabled them to push the boundaries of… Read More »Celebrating the 2025 PhotoWork Junior Fellows
Washington, D.C. | Mentor: Rahim Fortune Lawren Simmons is a documentary photographer currently based in Washington, D.C. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, his work explores community resilience, America as an empire, and the promises of the American Dream. Using a speculative documentary lens to observe the interaction… Read More »Lawren Simmons
Albany, Georgia | Mentor: Kelli Connell Jess Rhodes (b.1987) is a photographer and editor living in the American South. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she spent fourteen years in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to southwest Georgia in 2021. Jess currently acts… Read More »Jess Rhodes
Brooklyn, New York | Mentor: Carolyn Drake Jasmine Huang is a lens-based artist living in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up in the suburbs of Memphis,TN, and cites her upbringing in the South as a core part of her education. Huang studied politics and alternative process photography… Read More »Jasmine Huang
Brooklyn, New York | Mentor: Bryan Schutmaat Rosemary Haynes is an artist working in analog photography and darkroom methods to explore between the technical and the emotive. Formally trained as a Gelatin Silver printer, Haynes uses the camera to create staged portraits, environmental images and diaristic… Read More »Rosemary Haynes
Detroit, Michigan | Mentor: Wendy Red Star Sam Gulliver is a photographer based in Detroit, Michigan. While he is geographically rooted in an metropolitan setting, his work often delves into the culture and experiences of rural peoples. As a product of the Rust Belt himself, Gulliver… Read More »Sam Gulliver
Atlanta, Georgia | Mentor: Doug DuBois Walker Bankson (b. 1998) is an artist, woodworker, and organizer based in Atlanta, GA. Drawing on his experience working as a union organizer in the south, his work centers collaboration with underrepresented communities over long periods of time to document… Read More »Walker Bankson
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, photographer Daniel Arnold joined Sasha for a candid conversation about the upsides and downsides of social media success. Daniel reflected on the joy and fulfillment he experienced during the height of his online popularity, while also acknowledging… Read More »Daniel Arnold
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, photographer and educator Sage Sohier joins Sasha to discuss a lifetime of extraordinary work, including her recently published books Passing Time and Americans Seen (Nazraeli Press), featuring photographs made primarily in the 1980s. They also delve into… Read More »Sage Sohier
In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, renowned photographer Dana Lixenberg discusses the power of portraiture and how editorial autonomy enabled her to safeguard the portrayal of individuals featured in her work within marginalized communities. Lixenberg shares the origins of Imperial Courts, her seminal… Read More »Dana Lixenberg